human rights defender
Aliaksandr Mantsevich
Actions and Campaigns
Organization affiliation
- Rehijanaĺnaja hazieta
HRD's year of birth
1958
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
HRD's geographical origin
Semi urban
Current Status
Pardoned
HRD's bio and work
Since 1995, Aliaksandr Mantsevich has been the founder and chief editor of the Rehijanaĺnaja hazieta weekly, the leading independent mass media of Maladziečna and the Maladziečna district (Minsk region). He has won various journalistic competitions and awards for the high quality of his work.
Detained since
Mar 15, 2023
Date of release
Sep 11, 2025
Charge(s)
- Other
Sentence
4 years
Latitude: 52.7
Longitude: 25.333
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Ivacevičy
Location of detention - Facility
Penal colony No. 22. 225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20
Recent case update / evolution
On September 11, 2025, it was revealed that 52 prisoners of the Belarusian regime had been forcibly transferred to Lithuania. Aliaksandr Mantsevich was among those released.
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