The Belarusian rights group Vyasna has designated Sofia Sapega a political prisoner after a passenger flight she was on from Athens to Vilnius was diverted to Minsk, where she was detained along with her boyfriend, journalist Raman Pratasevich.
RFE/RL: Belarusian rights group declares Sapega a political prisoner
This screengrab taken on May 26, 2021 from an undated video made available by the "Zheltye Slivy" Telegram channel and shared on social media, shows Sofia Sapega, a 23-year-old law student and girlfriend of 26-year-old co-founder of opposition Telegram channel Nexta Roman Protasevich, testifying to the police in Minsk as both were arrested after their plane landed. - Belarus diverted a European plane to arrest an exiled dissident on May 24, sparking global fury and leading to EU leaders agreeing to cut air links with the eastern European country.
