Belarusian athlete forcible taken to the Tokyo airport to be sent home

[snowman1962]

It has been reported that a Belarusian athlete has been forcible taken from Olympic village to the airport and has been sent home for criticizing Belarusian official and government.

Don’t want to call this a kidnapping but surely the Olympic committee should be stepping in here. Belarus ran by a criminal dictator. I would say she is bricking it at the airport.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1421781150868066309

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

how do you forcibly get taken to an airport I wonder? Surely you would just not board the plane or declare something outrageous, request political asylum etc?

 

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

being sent home is the strangest kidnapping ive ever heard off.

right up there with putting money in a bank and being called a bank-robber

 

[MFP]

how do you forcibly get taken to an airport I wonder? Surely you would just not board the plane or declare something outrageous, request political asylum etc?

She hasn't boarded the plane.

Belarus Olympics: Krystsina Tsimanouskaya refuses 'forced' flight home

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says she fears for her safety as Belarus orders her home for complaining about coaches.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[uncle_rico]

You seem to think the Olympic committee behave with honour and ethics. See also FIFA, UEFA etc.

 

[MFP]

Don't think this has anything to do with the IOC, rico.
It's Belarusian officials, on the instructions of the Belarus government no doubt, trying to force her back home.

 

[LaPennaBianca]

being sent home is the strangest kidnapping ive ever heard off.

right up there with putting money in a bank and being called a bank-robber

I doubt they'd be taking her back to her house.

 

[ForssAwakens]

There’s a recording saying if she doesn’t do as she’s told she’ll likely ‘commit suicide’

 

[bear66]

Currently under police protection. She's hoping to get asylum in Austria or Germany (Poland and Czechia have already offered it).

 

[Alzi]

being sent home is the strangest kidnapping ive ever heard off.

right up there with putting money in a bank and being called a bank-robber

Quite the ignorant comment given Belarus’s current leadership.

 

[Borobuddah]

Now in the polish embassy, Tokyo