(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 14, 2021 Belarusian activist Roman Protasevich, 26, takes part in a briefing for journalists and diplomats organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus in Minsk. - A Belarusian activist who was arrested in 2021 after his Ryanair flight to Lithuania was forced to land in Belarus has been sentenced to eight years in prison, Belarusian state media reported. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)