VILNIUS (Reuters) - The whereabouts of a Belarusian dissident journalist remain unknown after he was removed from a Ryanair passenger plane that was forced to land in Minsk on Sunday, Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Monday.
Western countries denounced Minsk's action as "state piracy" and European leaders threatened on Monday to limit international air traffic over Belarus and possibly restrict its ground transport.
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