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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.
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.