MOSCOW – The father of a woman who was arrested along with a dissident journalist in Belarus after the grounding of a Ryanair flight has appealed to Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to meet him in person and to pardon his daughter.
Reuters: Father of woman arrested off plane in Belarus appeals to Lukashenko for her release
This screengrab taken on May 26, 2021 from an undated video made available by the "Zheltye Slivy" Telegram channel and shared on social media, shows Sofia Sapega, a 23-year-old law student and girlfriend of 26-year-old co-founder of opposition Telegram channel Nexta Roman Protasevich, testifying to the police in Minsk as both were arrested after their plane landed. - Belarus diverted a European plane to arrest an exiled dissident on May 24, sparking global fury and leading to EU leaders agreeing to cut air links with the eastern European country.
