WROCLAW, Poland — From their new home in Poland, the parents of Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich have been in anguish since he was seized after his flight was forced to land in Minsk.
Natalia Protasevich, the 26-year-old’s mother, said she has not slept for two nights and grips her phone tightly, hoping for any news about her son.
“I’m asking, I’m begging, I’m calling on the whole international community to save him,” Natalia said, breaking down in tears during an interview with AFP near the train station in Wroclaw, southern Poland.
“He’s only one journalist, he’s only one child but please, please… I am begging for help. Please save him! They’re going to kill him…
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