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Now playing Next Belarus Tsikhanouskaya: Diverting flight was 'huge mistake' by Belarus leader The Belarusian opposition leader told Euronews that Lukashenko made a 'huge mistake' by diverting a flight to arrest a journalist because it renewed international scrutiny into the regime. 26/05/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarusian opposition politician sentenced to 7 years in prison Pavel Seviarynets was sentenced along with six other activists on Tuesday amid international fury over Minsk's forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest an opposition journalist. 25/05/2021
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Now playing Next Belarus TUT.BY: Independent Belarus media website blocked after raids Belarus' Ministry of Information has stated that they had restricted access to TUT.BY following an order by the country's general prosecutor. 18/05/2021
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Now playing Next Belarus Belarusian drummer given six-year sentence for playing during rallies According to Viasna, the musician had blocked traffic by waving a red and white flag and encouraged demonstrators to clap their hands. 13/05/2021
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