Belarus and Press Freedom

“State-sponsored hijacking” is what the CEO of Ryanair calls an incident over the weekend. A Ryanair plane flying from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Minsk, the Belarusian capital. A journalist who has been openly critical of Belarus’ autocratic leader was removed from the plane and arrested. Brigham Young University professor of political science Quinn Mecham goes in-depth on the international outcry. ??(AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)