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'This is total insanity,' says father of detained Belarusian journalist

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The father of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who is detained in Belarus, said he believes his son was forced in a video posted online to admit guilt and appeared to have a broken nose. The Lithuania-based blogger and his female companion, Sofia Sapega, were both taken into custody after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft flying from Athens to Vilnius and divert it to Minsk.
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