Cape Argus

A desperate cry from a mother’s soul

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WARSAW: The parents of Roman Protasevic­h, a Belarusian journalist arrested by the regime in Minsk after the plane he was on was diverted, yesterday renewed their appeal for assistance in freeing their son.

“I want to appeal to you as Roman’s mother. I want you to hear my cry, the cry of my soul, so that you can understand how difficult it is for us right now and how we have found ourselves in an absurd situation,” Natalia Protasevic­h told reporters in Warsaw.

“I want you to relay our appeal everywhere, throughout the world, to government representa­tives, to EU countries, to EU leaders, to US leaders: I am appealing, I am begging, help me free my son.”

Roman’s father Dmitry said his son was a “hero”.

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