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Belarus flights redirected after Protasevich's arrest;his 23 year old girl friend sent to Minsk jail
BBC World Service News
May 25, 2021
…Police then took Mr Protasevich away when the plane's 126 passengers disembarked. The activist, who witnesses said was "super scared", was arrested along with his girlfriend Sofia Sapega… Ms Sapega's mother told the BBC that the 23-year-old had been taken to a Minsk jail, adding that the last word she managed to write on her WhatsApp messaging account was 'Mummy'. The accusations against her are unclear. More here
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57239162
