Alena Miadzvedzeva detained in Babruisk

Alena Miadzvedzeva was detained at Babruisk district police station at 3 p.m. She was invited to come to the police station over the phone by allegedly head of the police department. We do not know the reasons for her detention. Alena Miadzvedzeva told the journalists over the phone the police was taking her to Minsk. Now she does not answer her cell phone.

Alena Miadzvedzeva is an activist of the entrepreneurs’ movement of Mahiliou region.

Yesterday she told RFE/RL reporter that strangers bother her with phone calls asking her if she was going to take part in the entrepreneurs’ protests on January 21st.