He was not released after 72 hours from the moment of detention.

His daughter Nasta Mantsevich reported about it on Facebook.

"It is not known what exactly he is presented with.

The transfer was taken today," she wrote.

On the morning of March 15, a search was conducted in the house of the editor-in-chief of the "Regional newspaper" Alexander Mantsevich in Vileitsa (Minsk region).

Contact with him and his wife Nina Mantsevich disappeared.

Later it became known that Magtsevich is in a detention center.

  • "Regional newspaper" is a leading non-governmental social and political publication of Molodechno and the region, published since 1996.

  • On January 20, the court of the Maladzechan district recognized the content of the website and pages of the "Regional newspaper" in social networks as "extremist materials".

  • On March 15, the editorial office of the Slutsk publication "Info-Kurier" was also searched, all those present were forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

    Chief editor Siarhei Stankevich, as well as Gleb Rulev and Oleg Rubchenya were detained.

    On March 17, Syarhei Stankevich and Oleg Rubchenya were sentenced to 15 days of arrest each for alleged disobedience during detention.