Hijack, arrest, torture: Belarusian journalists under attack The grounding of a Ryanair flight on a fake bomb threat is just the latest escalation of an independent media clampdown in Belarus 25 May 2021 BY VOLHA SIAKHOVICH Masked law enforcement officers detain a journalist during a protest by opposition supporters at Komarovsky Market in Minsk. Credit: Natalia Fedosenko/TASS/Alamy Live News The diversion of a Ryanair plane to Minsk over the weekend on the orders of Belaruisan president Alexander Lukashenko and the subsequent detention of independent journalist Roman Protasevich is the latest incident in a clampdown on independent media in the country.