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US condemns Belarus over order to force down passenger flight carrying dissident

By Mica Soellner
Published May 24, 2021 3:06pm ET
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US condemns Belarus over order to force down passenger flight carrying dissident
In this Monday, June 1, 2020 photo, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meets with Valery Vakulchik, chief of the Belarusian state security service, KGB, in Minsk, Belarus. | (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

The United States reprimanded Belarus after its leaders forced down a commercial airline to arrest a dissident who was on board.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the immediate release of 26-year-old journalist Raman Pratasevich, who was removed and arrested from the aircraft on Sunday.

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