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Emerging & Existing Hotspots: Belarus Increasingly Isolated Following Detention of Opposition Activist

“Europe’s last dictatorship” once again attracted headlines last week, after a RyanAir flight from Greece to Lithuania was forcibly diverted over Belarusian airspace in order to detain a young opposition activist in exile, Roman Protasevich. The incident has attracted widespread condemnation across the international community, including the European Union and NATO who have implemented additional sanctions for what they allege is “state-sponsored terrorism” and “aviation piracy.”

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