>Ms Tikhanovskaya said Mr Protasevich, 26, had left Belarus in 2019 and covered the events of the 2020 presidential election with Nexta, after which criminal charges were filed against him in Belarus.
>She said he faced the death penalty in Belarus as he has been categorised as a terrorist.
So the charges were pre-concocted. They didn't have to make any up at the last moment.
>Ms Tikhanovskaya said Mr Protasevich, 26, had left Belarus in 2019 and covered the events of the 2020 presidential election with Nexta, after which criminal charges were filed against him in Belarus.
>She said he faced the death penalty in Belarus as he has been categorised as a terrorist.
So the charges were pre-concocted. They didn't have to make any up at the last moment.