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#BREAKING Belarus accuses France of "air piracy" after re-routing of plane, says foreign ministry

#BREAKING Poland bans Belarusian carriers from its airspace, says government spokesman

#BREAKING At UN, Europe and US call for urgent Belarus probe by ICAO

#UPDATE The United States and western European members of the UN Security Council called for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to investigate Belarus' diversion of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board u.afp.com/UhSh

Leading Belarusian opposition figures and journalists now in prison or exile

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