A defiant President Lukashenko will address Belarus’ parliament Wednesday as international pressure over the country’s diversion of an airliner in order to arrest a dissident grows, with the UN Security Council set to meet behind closed doors later. The speech to parliament will be the first time the Belarusian leader […]
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UN chief backs ‘independent investigation’ into Belarus forced landing
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday backed calls for an independent investigation after Belarus forced down a commercial airliner so it could arrest an opposition activist. “The secretary-general is deeply concerned over the apparent forced landing of a passenger aircraft over Belarus on 23 May and the subsequent detention of […]