Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protassevich, during a demonstration in 2012. – / AP / SIPA
After the UN, it is the G7 which goes to the front this Thursday against Belarus. The foreign ministers of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom “strongly condemned” the arrest by Belarus of the opposition journalist Roman Protassevich and his partner.
In a statement, the heads of diplomacy of the G7 countries denounced the “endangering of the safety of passengers and crew” of the flight diverted to Minsk, which represents “a serious breach of the rules governing civil aviation “, And protested against a” serious attack on freedom of the press “.