UK’s Johnson Warns Belarus After Release of ‘Deeply Distressing’ Confession Video of Journalist

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wears an embroidered jacket reading Prime Minister as he tours HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier prior to its departure for Asia in its first operational deployment in Portsmouth, southwest England, on May 21, 2021. Leon Neal / Pool/AFP via Getty Images

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned Belarus that the country’s actions “will have consequences” after it released a video of arrested dissident Roman Protasevich that Johnson said was “deeply distressing.”

In a video released by Belarusian authorities on Monday evening, Protasevich appeared to admit he was involved in organising mass protests in Minsk last year.