Triathlete. At the end of August 2020, Valentina’s contract at the Minsk triathlon club Tristyle was not renewed. As the athlete said, the director of the club, Dmitry Tolkachev, promised her to continue cooperation, but refused it after he saw Zelenkevich’s “protest” post on Instagram with a photo in which she stood with a white-red-white flag on the roadway during one of the peaceful rallies.
In the fall of 2020, Zelenkevich moved to Russia, where she continued to train and also worked as a triathlon and swimming coach. According to Tribuna, some time ago Zelenkevich returned to Belarus, and soon after that she was detained and remained behind bars until trial.
Trial outcome 07.03.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Before the verdict, the Gerasimenko spouses were free on bail of 200 basic units each. In the first case, it amounted to 8,000 rubles, in the second - 7,400 rubles, which indicates that they were assigned a preventive measure at different times.
The Gerasimenko spouses were accused of participating in one of the protests in Minsk in 2020. They admitted guilt and noted that they took part in the event out of curiosity; they said that they took pictures with white-red-white flags, which they took from strangers in the crowd.
Trial outcome 11.03.2024:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
The woman was accused of going out onto roadways and “blocking and obstructing the path of vehicles” during three protests. Natalya fully admitted her guilt at the trial. She said that she actually took part in three Marches with other people, which she learned about from the media and news. She understood that the holding of these mass events was due to socio-political events in the state, but “she did not take her participation in them seriously.” While participating in the Marches, Natalya took photographs of herself and her husband, as well as those participating in the Marches, on her phone. In total, police found seven photographs from the protests, which were stored on cloud storage. The inspection reports for some photos indicate that “the photographer is located on the roadway.”
From the verdict, which was published on pravo.by, it follows that photos from the protests of the woman were found on the phone during a call to the police department of the Moskovsky district of Minsk.
Before the trial, Natalya was held on bail in the amount of 8,000 rubles.
Trial outcome 05.03.2024:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction.
Elena Kasperovich is on leave to care for a minor child who has a disability, and also cares for her elderly parents. After the arrest, she was under subscription until the trial.
According to the prosecution , the woman posted the text of a comment that allegedly contradicts the established rules of communication between people, the requirements of universal morality, in which she humiliated the honor and dignity of police colonel Zh., in connection with the performance of his official duties, out of a feeling of hostility towards government officials.
The publication said that the police chief allowed himself to abuse prisoners.
19.03.2024
назначить ей
наказание в виде ограничения свободы без направления в исправительное
учреждение открытого типа на срок 1 (один) год 6 (шесть) месяцев, со штрафом в
размере 50 базовых величин, что составляет 2 000 рублей.
Trial outcome 05.03.2024:
1.5 years of restriction of freedom without direction
The woman was accused of participating in the Unity March on September 6, 2020 in Minsk and entering the roadway. She was identified from photographs and videos of another protest participant, Uldanov, who uploaded them from his phone to his hard drive. Zhanna fully admitted her guilt.
From January 25 to February 1, 2024, the woman was in custody. Later, before trial, on bail of 12,000 rubles.
Zhanna Dudinskaya has a secondary specialized education and works as a nurse in the private enterprise Hematest.
Trial outcome 01.03.2024:
2.5 years of restriction of freedom without referral to an open correctional facility.
She was detained as a result of a massive raid by security forces on January 23-24, 2024 on relatives of political prisoners and people who expressed solidarity with the political prisoner.
Trial outcome 07.10.2024
4 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 500 basic values fine.
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