‘They will kill me’: Belarusian blogger’s descent into horror

Roman Protasevich had told friends he was being followed in Athens. Hours later he was escorted away at Minsk airport

As Roman Protasevich's Ryanair flight began descending towards Minsk, the 26-year-old Belarusian opposition blogger grew frantic, giving his phone and laptop to his girlfriend and pleading with a flight attendant to stop the plane from landing.

Don't do this, they will kill me, I am a refugee," a fellow passenger described him as saying. We must, we have no choice," the attendant reportedly replied.