[ad_1]
R. Pratasevičius’s parents living in Poland also participated in the campaign in Warsaw.
“I call on all the countries of the European Union and the United States, please help to free Raman and (his friend) Sofia, as well as all the prisoners,” said Natalia, Pratasevičius’s mother.
“We want to live in a free country, a country where everyone has the right to express their beliefs,” said his father Dmitry.
Pratasevičius and her 23-year-old friend Sofia Sapega, a Russian national, were arrested in Minsk last Sunday after Belarus picked up a military fighter jet to land and land a Ryanair plane in Minsk.
Pratasevich’s parents said that a video later released by Belarusian authorities showed that he had been beaten.
The plane’s forced landing has caused global outrage, but Belarusian leader Aliaksandr Lukashenko says he “acted legally to protect our people” from an alleged bomb on the plane.
Pratasevičius’ parents participated in his support campaign in Warsaw
In response, the EU banned Belarusian airlines from flying into its airspace and urged EU airlines not to use Belarusian airspace. The bloc is also threatening the Kremlin-backed Lukashenko regime with severe sanctions.
“It just came to our attention then. That is why we have to do something and show those who are struggling at home that they are not alone, Natalia Burak, a 35-year-old Belarusian living in Warsaw, told AFP.” Now I have high hopes of Let Europe help us, because it is difficult to fight against a regime that has everything, that has power, and here we are only armed with flags. “
Pratasevičius’s parents participated in his support campaign in Warsaw
“As Belarusians, we see a lot of terrible things. You know that one person died in prison the same week,” said Alexei, a 38-year-old computer specialist who was also involved in the advocacy campaign.
Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, a Belarusian opposition leader living in Lithuania, wrote on Twitter on Saturday that “my husband … was imprisoned by the regime exactly one year ago.”
On Saturday, she and hundreds of people marched on the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius to protest against the Lukashenko government. Drivers of passing vehicles supported people with signs.
“It just came to our notice then. We will go home and bring our loved ones,” Cichanouskaya told the crowd. “It is our duty to create a new Belarus.”
It is not allowed to publish, quote or reproduce the information of the BNS news agency in the media and on websites without the written consent of the UAB “BNS”.
[ad_2]
