Protasevich's confession on public TV in Belarus. EU outrage: "Extorted"

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05 June 2021 Lukashenko's regime calls it an "interview", but for many observers, the

are in reality anything but: the result of a blatant violation of human rights, a confession torn by force, a new abuse by the Belarusian authorities after the hijacking of the Ryanair flight on Misk, for false bomb alarm, to arrest the political opponent.

On the air, Protasevich admits that he organized "mass unrest", that he tried to overthrow Lukashenko's government and that he "began to understand" that the despot was "acting correctly" and to "respect him".

"I know my son very well and I don't think he would ever say such things," said his father Dmitri. "

because they have been extorted through abuse and torture", continues the man. "I clearly saw the handcuff marks and the bruises on my arms," ​​said mother Natalia.

also shares the same opinion

, according to which the 26-year-old journalist had "visible wounds" in his wrists and spoke "under intolerable psychological pressure".

, said the head of British diplomacy Dominic Raab, describing the episode as "disturbing". and is of the same opinion on

. "This - he continued - is a shame for the television station and for the Belarusian leadership which once again shows its contempt for democracy and, it must be said, for humanity".

The film seems to have first of all a propaganda objective: to discredit the opposition and the protest movement. In 90 minutes, Protasevich appears tried, he even says that it is "useless" to continue protesting against Lukashenko, that is, against the one he just last month called "dictator". In some passages he

. Eventually, she bursts into tears and says she hopes to one day get married and have children.

of "mass unrest" and was included in the list of individuals potentially "involved in terrorist activity". The outrage of the EU and the US is materialized with new sanctions against the regime and Europe has frozen flights to Belarus and overflight of the country. Even the 

claiming that Roman has made those statements under duress: with violence, he said, "you can do tell a person anything you want."