Belarus parades ‘hostage’ Pratasevich before press yet again
By DW
16 June 2021 |
8:32 am
The dissident journalist was presented at a Foreign Ministry press conference on the diversion of his plane to Minsk on May 23. The move prompted one reporter to walk out.
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