MINSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th May, 2021) One of the founders of the Nexta Telegram channel Roman Protasevich, who was detained at the Minsk airport on Sunday, said in a video message circulated by state-run Belarusian media that he had no health problems and was making a confession in a criminal case of mass riots.
"Yesterday, I was detained by officers of the Interior Ministry at the Minsk National Airport. Now I am in Pre-Trial Detention Center No. 1 in Minsk. I can declare that I have no health problems, including with my heart or any other organs. The attitude of employees [security officials] toward me is as correct as possible and according to the law," Protasevich said in the video shown on the air of the Belarus 1 broadcaster.
He stated that he continued to cooperate with the investigation.
"I give confession statements on the fact of organizing mass riots in the city of Minsk," Protasevich said.
