Entrepreneur Ales Taustyka Sentenced to 15 Days of Jail

On 15 January the police detained the activist of For Freedom movement, entrepreneur Ales Taustyka near his house. Then he was guarded to Tsentralny district court of Minsk and sentenced to 15 days of jail for active participation in the protest action of entrepreneurs on 10 December. 

During the trial Taustyka’s blood pressure suddenly rose. After the trial he was taken to Tsentralny district police department. The police promised to call an ambulance there, before taking the entrepreneur to the prison in Akrestsin Street. 

Bear in mind that in the morning Ales Taustyka suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts remained unknown for five hours.