Borrell: ‘Minsk rilasci subito il reporter’

di Luigi Cignoni, Direttore

epa09223072 (FILE) Police officers detain a journalist Roman Protasevich attempting to cover a rally in Minsk, Belarus, 26 March 2017 (reissued 23 May 2021). A Ryanair flight from Athens, Greece to Vilnius, Lithuania, with Belarus' opposition journalist Roman Protasevich onboard, has been diverted and forced to land in Minsk on 23 May 2021, after alleged bomb threat. Protasevich was detained by Belarusian Police after landing, as Belarusian Human Rights Center 'Viasna' reports and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda demanded immediate release of Protasevich. EPA/STRINGER *** Local Caption *** 53411871

Chiediamo l’immediata liberazione” del giornalista e attivista Raman “Protasevich. Nell’attuare questo atto coercitivo, le autorità bielorusse hanno messo a repentaglio la sicurezza dei passeggeri e dell’equipaggio”. Lo afferma l’Alto rappresentante Ue Josep Borrell. (Ansa)