State sponsored hijacking of passenger plane

[kallend 2,026]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/03/edward-snowden-bolivia-plane-vienna

I guess it's OK for some states but not for others.

[BIGUN 1,306]

1 hour ago, kallend said:

I guess it's OK for some states but not for others.

I'm not sure I understand withdrawing the use of airspace as the equivalent to hijacking.   

[gowlerk 2,190]

15 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

I'm not sure I understand withdrawing the use of airspace as the equivalent to hijacking.   

Spoken like a true imperialist.

[rifleman 70]

Over 7 years old as opposed to the actions of Belarus, who forced a commercial passenger flight to divert and land, in order to go on board and arrest a journalist considered to be a dissident by the Belarus government.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/05/24/belarus-hijack-plane-minsk-opposition-journalist-dissident/5239340001/

[kallend 2,026]

13 minutes ago, rifleman said:

Over 7 years old as opposed to the actions of Belarus, who forced a commercial passenger flight to divert and land, in order to go on board and arrest a journalist considered to be a dissident by the Belarus government.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/05/24/belarus-hijack-plane-minsk-opposition-journalist-dissident/5239340001/

SO?

A double standard is still a double standard, even if the first incident was 7 years ago.  Snowden has as much claim to being a dissident as Protasevich.

[kallend 2,026]

46 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

I'm not sure I understand withdrawing the use of airspace as the equivalent to hijacking.   

There's more than one way to force a plane to land.