perhaps he was, he has been tortured and we know that he's in minsk prison, which is the prison where most of the political prisoners have been helped. so have you will listen to the video. what was he actually saying that oh, he said that he is fine that day that you to him is quite normal, that he is in prison. he. it's not the confession in all the accusations he has done, but it's more of the video showing that he's under control. usually such, reduce appeared after interrogation ended, and the authorities, they said, look, you know, he's a criminal and he's not political prisoners. he's guilty. and he confesses that he is guilty. i think her mom months passed to freedom is we'll take, we'll take some time. but we have to do all possible to release him and then release all other 405 political prisoners. well, you spoke to roman protest, david's just before he got on the plane. did he know that he was in danger? ah, all of their spoke to him the day before and yesterday morning. just 2 hours before he got on board. and he shared some concern that someone was following him. he said

and we know that he's in minsk prison, which is the prison where most of the political prisoners have been helped. so have you listened to the video? what was he actually saying that oh, he said that his fine that day that you to him is quite normal, that he is in prison. he's not the confession in all the accusations he has done. but it's more of the video showing that he's under control. usually such, reduce appeared after interrogation ended and the authorities, they said that, look, you know, he's a criminal and he's not political prisoners. he's guilty and he confesses that he is guilty. i think her mom romance passed to freedom is we'll take, we'll take some time. but we have to do all possible to release him and then release all other 405 political prisoners. well, you spoke to roman protests of it just before he got on the plane. did he know that he was in danger? ah, honestly i spoke to him the day before and the yesterday morning, just 2 hours before he he got on board and he shared some concern that someone was following him. he said that the man approached him, took a pict

and we know that he's in minsk prison, which is the prison where most of the political prisoners have been helped. so have you will listen to the video, what was he actually saying that oh, he said that he is fine that day that you to him is quite normal, that he is in prison. he's not the confession in all the accusations he has tongue, but it's more of the video showing that he's under control. usually such, reduce appeared after interrogation ended and authorities. they said, look, you know, he's a criminal and he's not political prisoners. he's guilty and he confesses that he is guilty. i think her mom remind spot to freedom is will take will take some time, but we have to do all possible to release him then release all other 405 political prisoners. well, you spoke to roman protests of it's just before we got on the plane, did he know that he was in danger? ah, all of their spoke to him the day before and yesterday morning. just 2 hours before he said he got on board and he shared some concern that someone was following him. he said that the man approached him, took a picture of

on that flight was sofia sapega — the girlfriend of roman prostevich — she�*s currently in a prison in minsknt is the reason for his arrest. here�*s one of his friends. i think roman is a personal enemy because he was editor in chief of one of the most important channels during the protests in august and september, so i think it is a personal revenge. but i believe that they will also try to get some information out of him, so if you would ask why i consider they took him, and made the separation, it is because of these things of personal revenge and trying to get some information from him. president lukashanko has been in power since belarus�* independence from the soviet union — that�*s 27 years. and after widespread crticism of last year�*s election — which he won — opposition protests began. huge ones. the state responded by arresting thousands of people — there are multiple allegations of beatings and torture. many of them are still in detention. among those in detention is the activist sergei tikhanovsky. saturday marks one year since his arrest. which was just two days after he announ

minsk. pratasevich has been living in exile and faces charges that could carry a prison sentence of up to 15president tweeted the forced landing and arrest was “abhorrent.” the ryanair flight was crossing through belarus air space when it was forced to change course. belarus officials claimed they took the action because the plane was the target of a bomb threat. a european union official tweeted late today that the plane was allowed to leave minsk and headed to lithuania with about 170 passengers on board. for updates on covid-19 and more national and international news visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: this week marks the one year anniversary of the death of george floyd, an unard black man, who died after a white police officer, derek chauvin, held his knee on floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. the incident, captured on cell phone video, surveillance cameras and police bodycams, led to a jury conviction last month on counts of second-degree murder, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter. sentencing is scheduled for june. newshour weekend special correspondent fred

minsk in belarus, marrying an opposition politician can make for a very lonely life. for a whole year, volha�*s only contact with her husband has been these letters from his prison cell. still chanting defiance, even in court. the trial had been closed, with relatives only let in for the guilty verdict. translation: we weren't allowed close, we could only shout - i love you or make heart signs, but even to look at each other was a hugejoy. pavel seviarynets is a lifelong dissident, but now his three—year—old is growing up without his dad. he was arrested before belarus erupted in protest over the re—election of president alexander lukashenko. translation: it's - a really long sentence. our son will be ten when he gets out, but i don�*t think he will serve it all. i don�*t let myself think like that. people here are afraid, but there�*s real pressure on lukashenko and i think any spark could ignite things again. the protesters have been forced to retreat from the streets for now, though. many have fled abroad, hundreds more are behind bars. i�*ve never known belarus like this, not in all the years i�*ve been coming here. people now are just terrified to speak out, beca

minsk. in belarus, marrying an opposition politician can make for a very lonely life. for a whole year, volha's only contact with her husband has been these letters from his prison cell.ly got to see him. and pavel was still chanting defiance, even in court. the trial had been closed, with relatives only let in for the guilty verdict. translation: we weren't allowed close, we could only shout i love i you or make heart signs but even to look at each other was a hugejoy. pavel seviarynets is a lifelong dissident but now his three—year—old is growing up without his dad. he was arrested before belarus erupted in protest over the re—election of president alexander lukashenko. translation: it's - a really long sentence. our son will be ten when he gets out but i don't think he will serve it all. i don't let myself think like that. people here are afraid but there is real pressure on lukashenko and i think any spark could ignite things again. the protesters have been forced to retreat from the streets for now, though. many have fled abroad, hundreds more are behind bars. i've never known belarus like this, not in all the years i've been coming here. people now are just terr

prison. the other thing we are chasing at this hour is bela-russian are chasing a conversation between the pilots and minskvert and land in minsk. we have put this to authorities and to ryanair. they said they are not commenting. this is all part of a huge investigation and we will keep you posted. >> incredibly important story. molly hunter, thanks very much for being with us today. >>> coming up next, demanding action one year after george floyd's death. his family calling for congress to move on police reform. why is it taking so long for federal lawmakers to take action? action don't flex your pecs. terminix. i'm ordering some burritos! oh, nice. burritos?! get a freshly made footlong from subway® instead. with crisp veggies on freshly baked bread. just order in the app! ditch the burgers! choose better, be better. subway®. eat fresh. i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking choose better, be better. in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quic

minsk. the journalist was immediately detained at the airport. this past thursday, two women, both of them journalists, were giving two-year prison sentences for covering a protest. in the past six months, more than 400 journalists have been detained throughout belarus. democracies across the globe are responding, outrages over the authoritarian actions. the house foreign affairs committee a short time ago saying in a statement, lukashenko's violence oppression of the pro democracy opposition and independent media knows no bounds. to arrest an activist for simply exposing the truth of the regime sanctioned police brutality against anti-government protests in belarus is abhorrent. more now from nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. >> yeah, alicia, this is the reason why people still refer to belarus as europe's last dictatorship. it's led by alexander lukashenko, and he's been running the country with an iron fist since the mid-1990s. he's one of the longest ruling leaders in europe, in generations. so now, he's done this stunt which won't surprise a lot of people who have been watching belarus closely. they sought a lot of police brutality when

prisoners are being held. it is a pre—trial detention centre in minsk, so that is where the official said that he is where theere was a video released by pro—government channels about roman, showing him kind of saying that, yes, he confessed that he participated, he basically organised and plotted riots. that is what he was saying. and he had to say that the security forces are treating him well, even though his forehead, if you see it closely, there are some signs that he might have been beaten. we signs that he might have been beaten. ~ ., , . , beaten. we might have some pictures of his forehead. _ beaten. we might have some pictures of his forehead. we _ beaten. we might have some pictures of his forehead. we will _ beaten. we might have some pictures of his forehead. we will see _ beaten. we might have some pictures of his forehead. we will see if - beaten. we might have some pictures of his forehead. we will see if we - of his forehead. we will see if we can zoom in on that for our viewers. tell me a bit about conditions for journalists. he is on a terror list. i know there have been reports of torture

minsk. the first time we've seen roman protasevich is this video, he appears to be under duress, he appears to be reading from a script and he is now facing 15 years in prisonr us this hour of "hallie jackson reports." you can find us on twitter. and a very special edition of "craig melvin reports" begins right now. >>> and a good tuesday morning to you. craig melvin here from msnbc world headquarters. where were you on may 25th, 2020? what were you doing? a video recorded on a street corner that day by a teenage girl showed george floyd's murder. it ricocheted across the internet, and millions of people had to acknowledge a hard truth so many others had always known. police violence was not anything new in america, but this, this was different, a killing in broad daylight by a seemingly indifferent cop in uniform. it was just too much to bear. something shifted. something shifted starting that day. millions crowded the streets during a global pandemic demanding something different, something better. and many of our national and local leaders tried and are still trying to answer that call. we're seeing new ideas and in many cases tangible change. that's why

prisoners, including pratas evich. so, there is good reason for the westo impose those sanctions as leverage. but i would n expect quick success. >> you and i talked about authoritarianism increasing not only in minskwonder has this kind of thing, this hijacking is europeans put it, ever happened before, and what message does it send to the rest of the world if larouche and government believes that it succeed -- if the belarusian government believes it succeeded? >> this was described across the board is unprecedented, or fran kly, it's a hijacked by a state. a. state-sponsored act of terrorism. the russians are claiming this sort of thing has been done by the west. there was a case in 2013, pedro morales was leaving russia and no european country would refuel his aircraft so he was forced down. i do not see a direct comparison. this is an attempt to actually grab, to snatch out of midair someone who's viewed as an enemy of the regime. it really is an act of terrorism. >> therefore, could we see repeated by other countries, perhaps by moscow, which has back to this effort? >> the russians view their territory in terms of absolute sovereignty. at this point, although they certainly take part in inte

minsk. this comes after the flight was diverted from athens develop mia's over a security scare. potassium, which has been an outspoken critic of the belarus leader, alexander lukashenko. that could bring him 15 years in prison. it's not no matter you can. you can have these murders pour out to do this on. i think government should not accept that, and it should be a some assumptions about bureau is it? we're doing that they can pretend there is a bomb bella to stop your plane, so. for sure it was true. the president of lithuania called the fake bomb scare, a state sponsored terror act and that he would propose banning belarusian planes from european union airports and serious sanctions against lukashenko's government. it's just good to be home. it's good to be back to this part of our lives, but worshippers once again allowed at one of san francisco's most iconic churches coming up the emotional return to grace cathedral. then travel is inching back to pre pandemic numbers. the california airport that saw 10 times more passengers last month than in april of last year, and almost 150 people arrested after thousands of people attended a massive party in southern california later tonight. a look at the mess is

jet in minsk last week, bella roosted accused of facing a bomb scare in order to arrest a journalist who was on board the aircraft. the hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie has been given another prison sentence for taking part in anti paging protest in 2019 the pro democracy activist and billionaire is already serving 14 months sentence from similar charges. 7 other leading activists were also sentenced. live offense were frozen earlier this month on the paging national security laws. the un human rights council is to investigate potential war crimes. during the 11th a conflict between israel and hamas, it'll look into allegations of abuse on all sides across the occupied territory. and israel palestinians welcome to move, but israel has called it shameful. germany has acknowledged it committed genocide in libya and the early 20th century and has pledged financial support for development projects. german forces killed tens of thousands of indigenous herrera and nama people, after tax on colonial satler's. maybe as government called the announcement a step in the right direction and says a formal apology, and reparations should follow. india has reported its lowest number of new cobr