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Rule of flaw: how the Belarus incident has dented the very spirit of flying

By Eduardo Saverin

Ryanair plane passes by a military plane at the John Paul II Krakow-Balice International Airport, on September 22, 2020, in Balice, Krakow, Poland. The arrest of journalist Roman Protasevich, by using a military plane to divert a civilian Ryanair Flight by Belarus last month has invited international condemnation.

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Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich’s arrest will have long-term repercussions not only in international relations but also in the global aviation industry. How Belarus is held responsible for its “outrageous” act, and under which laws, will determine the outcome of the heated dispute.

On May 23, when Ryanair flight FR4978 was only a few minutes away from landing at the Vilnius airport in Lithuania, journalist Roman Protasevich was probably looking out of the aircraft’s window, reminiscing the early years of his life as an activist. Beneath the thick blanket of white clouds was his motherland, Belarus, where he had been an opposition activist for nearly a decade before fleeing to Poland in 2019. But as flight FR4978 was just

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Eduardo Saverin