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Journalist Arrested In Belarus Under House Arrest But Could Face Prison Time

The Belarusian dissidents whose arrest last month after their commercial flight was forced to land have been moved from a harsh KGB prison to house arrest in Belarus.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a Belarusian opposition leader, about the developments in the country.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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