Roman Protasevich | From teen activist to regime bugbear
The Hindu
He later worked as a photographer for Belarusian media and was the recipient of a Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellowship in 2017-2018
Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich, who was detained in Belarus after the and forced to land on Sunday, began his digital activism in his teens. A student at the time, he was arrested in 2012 aged just 17 for running two groups on the Russian-based social networking site Vkontakte against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.More Related News