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Natallia Hersche

1969

Nationality
Soviet Union
Occupation
political prisoner

Natallia Hersche (also Natalie Hersche; Belarusian: Наталля Хершэ; Russian: Наталья Херше; born 20 October 1969, Orsha, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian-born political prisoner.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Prison #4
    Dates unknown
  2. Prison #8
    Dates unknown

Biography

Natallia Hersche (also Natalie Hersche; Belarusian: Наталля Хершэ; Russian: Наталья Херше; born 20 October 1969, Orsha, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian-born political prisoner. She has Belarusian and Swiss citizenships. During the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, she pulled a balaclava away from a police officer, and was subsequently sentenced to two and a half years in prison, serving part of the sentence in a prison for men. She refused to ask for pardon, but was released in February 2022 after Switzerland sent an ambassador to Belarus, breaking diplomatic isolation of the country.

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