Roman Protasevich

Women with posters reading 'I am/we are Roman Protasevich' in the arrival area as passengers disembark from the Ryanair passenger plane from Athens that was intercepted and diverted to Minsk on the same day by Belarus authorities on 23 May (Photo: PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)

What happened in Belarus? Where is it, and why was a Ryanair flight diverted?

The Belarus government has released a video of journalist Roman Protasevich stating that he is in good health and co-operating after being arrested on a Ryanair flight in Minsk (PA).

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Journalist Roman Protasevich was on board a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius on Sunday (Photo by PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Mr Protasevich, 26, who is based in Lithuania, appeared on a video on Monday (Nexta)

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Dominic Raab has not ruled out Russian involvement in the hijacking of a Ryanair plane (Getty, PA)

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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he was “alarmed” by the actions of the Belarus government of President Alexander Lukashenko (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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