Belarus: Severe trial against dual citizenship



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A dual Swiss-Belarusian citizen is feeling the harshness of President Lukashenko’s regime. Resistance to the police is severely punished in Belarus, and foreign protests do not impress the regime.

A Swiss-Belarusian citizen participated in the protest marches against the regime of the dictator Lukashenko.

A Swiss-Belarusian citizen participated in the protest marches against the regime of the dictator Lukashenko.

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Participation in one of the women’s protest marches on Saturday, September 19 in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, was fatal for the dual Swiss-Belarusian citizen Natalja Hersche. Because she defended herself from the special police officer who wanted to take her away, the Minsk district court of Sovetsky sentenced the 51-year-old to two and a half years in general prison and compensation of 1,000 Belarusian rubles (346 francs) for resisting. to the police. Spectators of the verdict shouted “What a shame!” As reported by local media; Defense attorney Hersches announced accordingly to challenge the sentence.

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