Belarus Transfers Opposition Figure to House Arrest

The Belarusian authorities released Roman Protasevich and his Russian girlfriend, Sofia Sapega, from prison after the E.U. imposed stiff sanctions.

Russia Rejects Some Flight Plans, as Belarus Grows More Isolated

The skies over Eastern Europe became a geopolitical checkerboard, and a Swiss email provider pushed back against Belarus’s claims of an emailed bomb threat.

What’s Happening in Belarus? Here Are the Basics.

For those trying to catch up on the “state hijacking” of an airplane, the arrest of a dissident and what preceded it.

Belarus Plane Crisis Tightens Lukashenko’s Awkward Embrace of Putin

For years, the leader of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has played the West against Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Now, weakened and isolated, he is losing leverage.

Roman Protasevich: A Belarus Activist Who ‘Refused to Live in Fear’

Disgusted by the brutality of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Mr. Protasevich bravely embarked at 16 on a life in opposition.

Airlines Start Skirting Belarus After It Forced Down a Plane

The European Union told airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace after the country forced a commercial flight to land in order to arrest a journalist.

Belarus Is Isolated as Other Countries Move to Ban Flights

The extraordinary forced landing of a commercial flight with a Belarusian dissident aboard escalated into one of the biggest flare-ups in East-West tensions in recent years.

Who Is Roman Protasevich, the Captive Journalist in Belarus?

Mr. Protasevich, 26, is an exiled dissident whose reach drew an authoritarian ruler into a gambit that outraged Western governments.

Belarus Forces Down Plane to Seize Dissident; Europe Sees ‘State Hijacking’

The dissident, Roman Protasevich, co-founded a Telegram channel that is a popular opposition outlet in Belarus. The plane was flying from Athens to Lithuania when it was forced down.

Belarus Forces Down Plane to Seize Dissident; Europe Sees ‘State Hijacking’

The dissident, Roman Protasevich, co-founded a Telegram channel that is a popular opposition outlet in Belarus. The plane was flying from Athens to Lithuania when it was forced down.