NEW YORK—U.S. prosecutors charged four Belarusian government officials on Thursday with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last year to arrest an opposition journalist, using a ruse that there was a bomb threat. The charges, announced by federal prosecutors in New York, recounted how a regularly-scheduled passenger plane traveling between Athens, Greece, and Vilnius,…
Jailed Belarus Journalist, Girlfriend Moved to House Arrest
KYIV, Ukraine—The dissident Belarusian journalist and his Russian girlfriend who were arrested after being pulled off a flight that was diverted to Minsk have been moved from jail to house arrest—a move that the country’s exiled opposition leader said Friday was positive but still left them “hostages.” Raman Pratasevich—who ran a messaging app channel that…
Canada Joins U.S., U.K., EU in Imposing Sanctions on Belarus After Journalist Arrest
OTTAWA—Canada has announced new sanctions against Belarusian officials and entities in response to the politically motivated arrests of journalist Raman Pratasevich and his companion Sofia Sapega. In a joint statement with the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, Ottawa says the sanctions are a response to the forced landing of a commercial…
EU, US, UK, Canada Join Forces to Slap Sanctions on Belarus
BRUSSELS—The United States, the European Union, Britain, and Canada joined forces Monday to impose sanctions on several senior officials in Belarus over the forced diversion to Minsk of a passenger plane travelling between two EU countries last month. Asset freezes and travel bans were also imposed on a number of officials linked to the security…
Ryanair Flight Under Considerable Covert Pressure to Land in Belarus: Airline Boss
The pilot of the Ryanair passenger aircraft that was diverted to lank in Minsk, Belarus, was put under covert but “considerable pressure,” Michael O’Leary, the CEO of the Irish airline said on Tuesday. Ryanair Flight 4978 was on its way to Vilnius, Lithuania, from Athens, Greece, when it was alerted to a bomb threat and diverted…
UK Airlines Told Not to Fly Over Belarus Following Flight Diversion Incident
The UK government has asked airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace following an incident on Sunday during which an Irish passenger aircraft was diverted to land in the Belarus capital of Minsk over a bomb alert and a dissident was arrested. Transport Secretary Grant Shapp said he has instructed the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) to make…
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