Roman Protasevich was detained after his plane was forced to land in Minsk.

Roman Protasevich was detained after his plane was forced to land in Minsk.
The foundation’s leadership could in theory face long-term sentences in Belarusian penal colonies.
We are an independent, nonprofit media outlet, funded through the support of our readers.
If you appreciate the work we do, please consider helping us to continue and expand it.
Charles Michel met with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who described Belarus’s actions at the border as “state terrorism”.
Daniel Tilles
An unprecedented crisis is unfolding, yet journalists cannot visit the area.
The “modus operandi of those attacking” has changed, said Poland’s defence minister.
“Regardless of the circumstances of the migrants’ arrival, they need our spiritual and material support,” says the head of the episcopate.
A number of countries, including the US, have condemned Belarus.
Poland’s government warned of attempts by Minsk to provoke a “major incident”.
Other armed Belarusians were also observed trying to destroy border fencing in what Poland calls “further provocations” by Minsk.
“NATO is ready to continue helping our allies and maintaining security in the region,” said its headquarters in Brussels.
Three people carrying rifles were spotted by Polish soldiers early yesterday morning.
“The fact refugees are being used brutally in a political struggle does not absolve us from respecting their rights,” wrote Archbishop Polak.
Stanley Bill talks to Mateusz Wodziński from inside the emergency zone on Poland’s border with Belarus.
“If a human impulse requires a decent person to break the law, then the law should be broken,” says one of the detained couple.