The main opposition leader of Belarus, Svetlana Tijanovskaya, has demanded more pressure on the Government of Alexander Lukashenko and has stressed that the suspension of air connections "does not solve the problem" in substance, so she has offered to speak of Dissidence to international forums such as the G7.Tijanovskaya, who fled Belarus for fear of being arrested after the presidential elections of August 2020 – she came second after Lukashenko, according to official results -, has appeared on Tuesday before the media to condemn the The "hijacking" of the Ryanair plane in which the journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend, Sofia Sapega were traveling. The incident occurred on Sunday and Minsk did not reveal Protasevich's whereabouts until Monday, when it released a video in which the young man claims that is fine. However, the marks on his face show for Tijanovsjaya the blows he would have suffered and “there is no doubt that he could be tortured.” The opposition leader recalled that in Belarus there are more than 400 detainees recognized as political prisoners and has expanded his message to emphasize that "not only the Belarusians are in danger", in search of a common front against Lukashenko like the one that the European Union countries have tried to show in recent hours. The European Union has imposed harsh sanctions on Belarus for the hijacking a commercial flight to arrest journalist Roman Protasevich. Brussels has demanded the journalist's release and thus lift the bans on the European skies. About 2,000 commercial aircraft cross the Belarusian airspace every week, and in which to date, it has been blocked until further notice.
