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On September 19, 51-year-old Swiss national Natalya Hershe, who is from Belarus, went to the women’s march in Minsk. During the arrest, he ripped off the riot police officer’s balaclava.
The Soviet Minsk District Court sentenced Belarusian Natalya Hersha to 2.5 years in prison, who tore off the balaclava from the riot police officer during the women’s march, reports TUT.BY.
Hersche, 51, who has lived in Switzerland for 12 years, is a Swiss citizen. Her husband and children are actually there, too, notes TUT.BY. Natalya ended up in Belarus because she and her husband missed a trip to hot countries. So the woman decided to go on vacation to her home country for 10 days.
On September 19, she attended a women’s march in support of activist Elena Lazarchuk, from whom social services took the girl for two days. Hershe was arrested and sent to Akrestsin Street. According to protocol, the woman “did not obey the demands of the employees to get into the special vehicle and tried to escape.” The report also stated that he grabbed one of the riot police officers by the face and scratched him, as well as removing his ski mask.
The woman was charged under Part 2. Art. 363 of the Belarusian Penal Code (resistance to an employee of internal affairs bodies), and the riot police officer, who had her balaclava ripped off, filed a lawsuit against her for 1,000 Belarusian rubles. (about 11 thousand UAH).
The court resolved to satisfy the riot policeman’s claim, and also sentenced Hershe to two years and six months in a general regime colony. The judge also ordered the destruction of the white-red-white flag that had been confiscated from the woman.
Since August 9, the mass protests of those who disagree with the voting results in the presidential elections have not diminished in Belarus. According to official data, the victory in them was obtained at that time by President Alexander Lukashenko, for whom 80.1% of voters voted (he has led the country since 1994). Opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya ranked second with 10.1% of the vote. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the rallies using grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons. During the protests, hundreds of protesters were injured and wounded. According to official figures, four protesters died. According to Tikhanovskaya, eight dead.
Lukashenka on September 23, as he believes, again assumed the presidency. For the first time in the history of Belarus, the opening ceremony was not announced or broadcast on television. Several states, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, did not recognize Lukashenko’s inauguration.
On October 2, the European Union imposed restrictive measures against 40 people responsible for falsifying the results of the presidential elections and forcibly suppressing peaceful protests. On November 6, the EU imposed sanctions against Lukashenka and 14 other Belarusian officials. Ukraine joined the sanctions.
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