Arrest of Belarusian journalist, opposition leader says he is being tortured

Opposition party head in Belarus Svilatana Tsikhanouskaya at a news conference said there is evidence that Protasevich is being tortured, Reuters writes, translates Periscope.

If you've watched the videos in prison, he said he was treated legally, but it's clear he's been beaten. No doubt he was tortured. He was taken hostage,” she said at a press conference in the capital, Lithuania Vilnius.

The Belarusan journalist did not appear surprised at the authorities' degree of intervention to ease critical voices, when an arrest warrant was issued last year to him, allegedly organising anti-government protests through a channel in Telegram.

Passengers who were on the same flight showed that Protasevicch before being arrested “was shivering” saying that “they will execute me here”.