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BBC: Roman Protasevich appears on Belarus state television

By BBC.

Published June 4, 2021. Updated June 4 at 5:33 am

Belarusian journalist and activist Roman Protasevich, 26, appears in an undated video released by a Belarusian Telegram channel and shared on the Belarus state TV. In the video, Protasevich reads out what appears to be a forced confession of organizing mass protests in Belarus.

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Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich, who was arrested in Minsk after being taken off a diverted flight last month, has appeared in a tearful interview on state television. In the interview, he confessed to organising anti-government protests and praised President Alexander Lukashenko.