Aliaksandr Mantsevich

Affiliated media: Rehiyanalnaya Hazeta, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: July 19, 2021

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Maladzyechna

Additional information:

The law enforcers searched the editorial office of the independent newspaper Rehiyanalnaya Hazeta in Maladzyechna. Searches were also conducted at the flats of the newspaper's employees. The officers seized equipment and digital media from the editor-in-chief Aliaksandr Mantsevich. After the search, the journalist was taken for interrogation.