Weranika Zepkala

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Weranika Zepkala (2020)

Weranika Valerevna Zepkala ( Belarusian Вераніка Валер'еўна Цапкала , Russian Вероника Валерьевна Цепкало Veronika Tsepkalo * 7. September 1972 in Mogilev ) is a Belarusian nonpartisan civil rights activist .

In 1998 Zepkala graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University with a diploma in international relations. From 2004 to 2006 she studied at the School of Management and Business of the Belarusian State Economic University. In 2008 she studied at the National Institute of Small and Medium Enterprises in Hyderabad , India . She works for Microsoft .

After Zepkala's husband Valeryj announced in May 2020 that he would run for the presidential election in Belarus , she accompanied him to events. Waleyj Zepkala was not accepted as a candidate by the electoral commission. He left the country with their children in July 2020 to get to safety. Threats had previously been made against the children. The opposition members Svyatlana Zichanouskaja , Wiktar Babaryka and Zepkala formed an alliance that organized a joint election campaign. Weranika Zepkala represented her husband during appearances. She later supported the campaign of the only admitted opposition candidate Svyatlana Zichanouskaya. Even under pressure from the authorities, she left the country on the eve of the election and saw her husband again in Moscow. According to media reports, she was in Ukraine from September 2020 .

Together with the Belarusian opposition politicians Svyatlana Zichanouskaja and Maryja Kalesnikawa , she will receive the Charlemagne Prize in 2022 . In 2021 the three women were awarded the Fritz Csoklich Democracy Prize.

Web links

Commons : Veronica Tsepkalo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The unexpected new hope for Belarus , merkur.de, October 7, 2021.
  2. ↑ Escape to Moscow: Valery Zepkalo in an interview with euronews , Euronews, August 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Belarus opposition figure detained at Ukraine border , France 24, September 8, 2020.
  4. ↑ Svetlana Tichanowskaja receives the Charlemagne Prize 2022 , Tagesspiegel, December 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Fritz Csoklich Prize: Award for women trio. In: The press . July 16, 2021, accessed December 17, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Zepkala, Weranika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zepkala, Weranika Valeria (full name); Zepkalo, Veronika (alternative transcription); Цапкала, Вераніка (Belarusian); Цепкало, Вероника (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian civil rights activist and human rights activist
BIRTH DATE September 7, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Mahiljou , Belarusian SSR