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Protasevich has been an opposition activist since his youth; he participated in protests in the early 2010s.<ref name=pl>{{cite web|url=https://euroradio.pl/ru/byvshiy-zhurnalist-evroradio-roman-protasevich-poprosil-ubezhishcha-v-polshe|title=Бывший журналист Еврорадио Роман Протасевич попросил убежища в Польше|website=Новости Беларуси | euroradio.fm|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523133428/https://euroradio.pl/ru/byvshiy-zhurnalist-evroradio-roman-protasevich-poprosil-ubezhishcha-v-polshe|url-status=live}}</ref> Since autumn<!-- Season names discouraged per MOS:SEASONS. Please replace with the month if known. --> 2011, he has been a member of the opposition organization [[Young Front]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://belaruspartisan.by/politic/198342/|title=Роман Протасевич: О политике в семье не говорим|website=belaruspartisan.by|access-date=24 May 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523194019/https://belaruspartisan.by/politic/198342/|url-status=live}}</ref> He co-administered a major group in [[VKontakte]], a social network, in opposition to [[President of Belarus|President]] [[Alexander Lukashenko]] until 2012, when it was hacked by the authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spring96.org/ru/news/56498|title=В Минске задержаны модераторы социальных сетей|website=spring96.org|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523133420/http://spring96.org/ru/news/56498|url-status=live}}</ref> He studied journalism at [[Belarusian State University]] until he was expelled in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://novychas.by/palityka/z-zurfaka-adliczyli-blohera-ramana-pratasevicza|title=З журфака адлічылі блогера Рамана Пратасевіча|website=novychas.by|access-date=24 May 2021|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524204710/https://novychas.by/palityka/z-zurfaka-adliczyli-blohera-ramana-pratasevicza|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, he was accused of participating in an unauthorized event in [[Kurapaty]], but he managed to prove in court that he had an alibi for that day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spring96.org/ru/news/86748|title=Суд оправдал блогера Романа Протасевича|website=spring96.org|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523192343/http://spring96.org/ru/news/86748|url-status=live}}</ref> He worked in the Belarusian media as a journalist.<ref name=bbc1 /> As of March 2019, he was a photographer for [[European Radio for Belarus|Euroradio.fm]] and worked at the meeting of prime ministers of Austria ([[Sebastian Kurz]]) and Belarus ([[Sergey Rumas]]) in Minsk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://euroradio.pl/ru/na-vechere-pamyati-sergey-rumas-vystupil-pered-avstriyskim-kanclerom-po-belorusski|title=На вечере памяти Сергей Румас выступил перед австрийским канцлером по-белорусски|website=Новости Беларуси | euroradio.fm|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523192313/https://euroradio.pl/ru/na-vechere-pamyati-sergey-rumas-vystupil-pered-avstriyskim-kanclerom-po-belorusski|url-status=live}}</ref> He also worked for the Belarusian edition of [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]].<ref name=off />
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According to the BBC, Belarusian authorities have sought to portray Protasevich as an extremist to "muddy the waters." The Belarus presidential administration's state-run newspaper, ''[[Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya|Belarus Segodnya]]'', has claimed that Protasevich was a mercenary who fought in eastern Ukraine along with the [[Azov Battalion]].<ref name=":0" /> Protasevich has previously said he spent a year in Ukraine covering the [[war in Donbas]] as a journalist and photographer.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Belarus plane: What we know and what we don't |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57239521 |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=BBC |date=25 May 2021 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526084205/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57239521 |url-status=live }}</ref> Azov Battalion founder [[Andriy Biletsky (politician)|Andriy Biletsky]] confirmed on 26 May 2021 that Protasevich had been an [[embedded journalist]] in Azov Battalion during the [[Shyrokyne standoff (February–July 2015)|Shyrokyne standoff]], where he was wounded.<ref name="7294937Protasevych">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/05/26/7294937/ Protasevych worked as a journalist in Donbass - Biletsky], Ukrayinska Pravda (26 May 2021)</ref>
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