A court in Belarus has extended the pretrial detention of Sofia Sapega, who was arrested along with her boyfriend, opposition blogger Roman Protasevich, in Minsk after authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko ordered a passenger plane they were on diverted as it flew over the country.
Protests in Belarus
RFE/RL: Belarus extends detention of Russian girlfriend of arrested blogger
Protesters hold images of Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko (L), Belarus opposition activist Roman Protasevich (C) and Protasevich's Russian girlfriend Sofia Sapega (R) during a demonstration of Belarusians living in Poland and Poles supporting them in front of European Commission office in Warsaw on May 24, 2021 a day after a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius carrying the dissident journalist was diverted while in Belarusian airspace.
