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Speaking at a press conference in Poland, Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya dismisses an interview shown on state television in Belarus with a journalist who was arrested after his plane was forced to land in Minsk. SOUNDBITE
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says during a press conference in Warsaw that the public "shouldn't believe the words" of jailed activist Roman Protasevich's state interview. Journalist Protasevich was arrested after his plane was forced to land in Minsk. Tikhanovskaya says such interviews and videos with political prisoners are filmed under duress and are the result of the activists "being tortured and violated". SOUNDBITE
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the self-exiled Belarusian opposition figure leading a campaign against strongman Alexander Lukashenko, reacts in an interview with AFP to news of her husband being sentenced to 18 years in jail after galvanising an unprecedented protest movement. SOUNDBITE
Kiev, May 23 (EFE / EPA) .- Activists gathered Sunday to demand a reaction of the Ukrainian authorities and the international community regarding the arrest of Roman Protasevich, ex-editor of the Nexta group, who was arrested in Minsk after landing on a Ryanair plane, which was flying from Athens to Vilnius. (Camera: SERGEY DOLZHENKO) SHOT LIST: PROTESTS AGAINST THE ARRES OF ROMAN PROTASEVICH IN KIEV, UKRAINE.
Tbilisi (Georgia), Apr 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Zurab Kurtsikidze).- A group of anti-government protesters demonstrated Thursday in Tbilisi in support of the opposition leader and head of the United National Movement Nikanor Melia, who was arrested on February 23.The political crisis in Georgia worsened after the arrest of Melia, accused of leading major disturbances in the country's capital two years ago. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE TBILISI COURT.