«It is obvious that this is an operation by the special services to hijack the plane – in order to apprehend the activist and blogger Raman Pratasevich.
Lukashenka’s regime endangered the lives of passengers onboard the plane and all civil aviation for the sake of reprisals against a man who was the editor of the largest Belarusian independent Telegram channels. Raman Pratasevich is a Belarusian journalist, photographer, blogger, and activist. He worked as a photographer for the largest Belarusian media, was a fellow of the Vaclav Havel Journalism Program. Only for this he was recognized as a terrorist, and only for this now in Belarus Raman can face the death penalty.
We have already informed the office of Ryanair and the International Civil Aviation Organization, requesting to initiate an investigation into the facts and take measures until Belarus is expelled from ICAO.
From now – no one flying over Belarus – can be secure. International reaction needed! After all, the regime abuses air traffic rules in order to capture dissenters».
