We, the undersigned,  utterly condemn the manner of the kidnapping & arrest of Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega by Belarusian Authorities.  The manner in which the aircraft they were on was diverted from its course by Belarusian authorities using the threat of a bomb onboard, its subsequent forced landing in Minsk under military warplane escort & the arrest of Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega goes against International Law.  This was  a state hijacking of a Ryanair aircraft and state ordered kidnapping of private citizens by Belarus.

We call on the President & Government of Belarus to release Mr. Protasevich and Sofia Sapega immediately without charge and issue an apology to them, Ryanair and the International community whose passengers were all seriously affected by this atrocious behaviour of a sovereign country.

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