“He does not speak himself.” Protasevich’s father reacted to his son’s “interview” to Lukashenko’s channel

The father of oppositionist Roman Protasevich, who was taken off the plane in Minsk, does not believe in the words of his son bp “interview” to the channel of the state channel of the regime of the dictator of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Dmitry Protasevich told about this to the Dozhd channel.

Yesterday, an “interview” with the hostage of the regime, Roman Protasevich, was published on the Belarusian state-controlled channel, which is controlled by the authorities. In it, he criticized the opposition, “admitted guilt” in preparing the “riots”, called his trip to Donbass in 2014 “the biggest mistake” and said that he “respects Lukashenka”.

According to the father of the oppositionist, “everything that Roman says, he does not speak himself.”

“You look at his first reaction at the beginning of the video, and even in the process of the video it is very clear that he has an internal struggle between what he has to say and what he does not want to say. It is very difficult for him to say this, but I I am sure that he was forced, I am sure that he was intimidated, “said Dmitry Protasevich.

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The father also believes that his son may not only be tortured physically and psychologically, but also be blackmailed with a threat to his life or that his girlfriend Sofia Sapega, who was also captured by the Lukashenka regime, could be sitting in the next cell. In his opinion, Protasevich needs constant medical supervision.

In addition, the journalists of Nasha Niva drew attention to the marks on Protasevich’s wrists, which can be seen in the last frames of the “interview”.

Journalist Yuri Butusov believes that these are traces of torture with tight handcuffs.