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News in Brief 25 May 2021

  • Call for release of Mali leaders after 'attempted coup'
  • 'New phase' of Belarus repression warns UN rights office
  • South Asia health systems risk collapse due to COVID: UNICEF
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Guterres deeply concerned over ‘forced landing’ and arrest of Belarus opposition journalist, as condemnation grows

The UN Secretary-General said on Monday he was “deeply concerned” over the apparent forced landing of a commercial passenger jet over Belarus, and the subsequent detention of a prominent dissident and journalist by authorities there.