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Belarusian opposition activists stand in a street with Old Belarusian national flags and posters to support jailed Syarhey Tsikhanousky, husband of Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, left, and opposition activist Nikolai Statkevich with the words reading "Statkevich is the hero of Belarus", second left, during a protest demanding freedom for Belarusian political prisoners in Belarus in front of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, May 31, 2021. In real life, Belarus' crackdown escalated a week ago with the arrest of dissident journalist Raman Pratasevich and his girlfriend who were aboard a commercial flight that was diverted and forced to land at Minsk airport. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)