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Natallia Hersche, left, is welcomed by Deputy State Secretary Johannes Matyassy, center, and former Swiss Ambassador to Belarus Claude Altermatt at Zurich Airport on Friday, February 18, 2022 in Zurich, Switzerland. Swiss-Belarusian dual citizen Natallia Hersche has been released after 17 months in prison in Belarus. Hersche had taken part in a rally against the regime of ruler Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on September 19, 2020 and had been arrested. (KEYSTONE/Pool/Michael Buholzer)