The imprisoned Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevic, made his appearance today at a press conference in Minsk, stating that he feels well and has not been hit, which, however, the opposition described as another forced public appearance.
The press conference for the journalists was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, to which the detained journalist Roman Protasevic was brought. The journalists did not know in advance, writes the BBC on its Russian website, that Protasevic would be in the room and that at the last minute at the table where the speakers were to sit, they placed a lazy person with the journalist’s name on it.
«As you can see, changes in the composition of the participants were made at the last minute. We learned about Roman’s desire to communicate with the mediaSaid State Department spokeswoman Anatoly Glaz.
Protasevic, who was sitting next to four officials, two of whom were wearing uniforms, said he had not cooperated with authorities and was in good health after his arrest last month when his Ryanair plane was forced to land. at Minsk airport.
«Everything is fine with me. Nobody hit me, nobody touched meHe said. “I understand the damage I caused not only to the state, but also to the country. “Now I want to do everything I can to rectify the situation,” Protasevic said, adding that “there was no deal with the interrogation. Everything was done voluntarily, no one forced “. Protashevich said he had not yet changed his political views and was not taking sides with President Alexander Lukashenko.
«I have not changed my political views, I can honestly and openly say in front of all the cameras that I will not become a political supporter of the president. So is. Yes, I sincerely appreciate him, as a man who was able to withstand all the pressures that started in the summer and continue to this day. “But I will not become a supporter of the president, nor that I am completely on the side of the state,” Protasevic said.
Roman Protasevic, who is being held in prison, does not have access to the internet and does not see his lawyer often. Only on June 8 he met with her, while for the previous 10 days she tried to meet him every day.
BBC journalists accredited to the press conference left the room as soon as it was announced that Protasevic had expressed a desire to “communicate with the media”, refusing to attend a press conference in which the jailed journalist may be against his will. .
«This is not a press conference but a scene from either Kafka or Orwell“Said Franak Viatsorka, an adviser to exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tichanovskaya.
Protasevic has appeared several times since he was arrested in Minsk following the forced landing of a Ryanair aircraft on May 23rd. He had even admitted to plotting to overthrow President Alexander Lukashenko by organizing “riots” while withdrawing his criticism of Lukashenko.
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