Rehijanalnaja Hazeta’s editor-in-chief criminally charged and put in custody

Ali­ak­san­dr Mant­se­vich was detained dur­ing a series of search­es of region­al media on March 15. He has been recent­ly trans­ferred to a pre-tri­al deten­tion cen­ter. The jour­nal­ist is a mul­ti­ple win­ner of jour­nal­is­tic con­tests and awards for high stan­dards of work. Before the crack­down, Rehi­janal­na­ja Haze­ta was the lead­ing inde­pen­dent media in Mal­adzech­na and the region.

The oth­er two media rep­re­sen­ta­tives detained that day – the edi­tor-in-chief of Infa-Kuri­er (Slut­sk), Siarhei Stanke­vich, and his deputy Aleh Rubche­nia – con­tin­ue to serve 15-day arrests for defy­ing the police.

As esti­mat­ed by the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists, there are cur­rent­ly 36 media work­ers behind bars in Belarus. For address­es, see here.

Media workers behind bars. Current post addresses

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