News for 3 Mar 2010

03.03.2010 Hrodna oblast election commission didn’t grant Raman Yurhel’s complaint

The Hrodna oblast territorial election commission considered the complaint lodged by Raman Yurhel against the refusal of the constituency commission to register him as an observer.

03.03.2010 Brest: six multistoried buildings ‘went missing’ during determination of boundaries of election constituencies

The Brest human rights defender Siarhei Vakulenka turned the attention of the authorities to the fact that multistoried houses 56, 57, 61, 62 and 63 in Mitskevich Street and house 52/1 in Kirau Street weren’t mentioned in the decision of the Brest city executive committee determining the boundaries of the city constituencies on elections t the Brest city Soviet of Deputies of the 26th Convocation.

03.03.2010 Hrodna: independent observer harassed at work

Independent observer Sviatlana Rudkouskaya was nominated to the Praletarskaya constituency election commission #17 on elections to the Hrodna oblast Soviets of Deputies as an observer from the Belarusian Helsinki Committee.

Election commission issued two warnings to Yury Karetnikau

03.03.2010 Election commission issued two warnings to Yury Karetnikau

On 2 March the Maskouski district election commission in Minsk issued two warnings to the leader of the Right Alliance Yury Karetnikau, an independent candidate. One of the warnings was issued for ‘untimely agitation of electors’ and the other – for printing of what the commission called ‘agitation materials’.

03.03.2010 Orsha district: political parties start nominating representatives to precinct election commissions

Political parties started nominating their representatives of precinct commission in the Orsha district. The Belarusian Party of Leftists Fair World was the first to submit to the Orsha town executive committee and the Orsha district executive committee the minutes of its plenum.

Initiative group of Ivan Kruk was registered

03.03.2010 Initiative group of Ivan Kruk was registered

The Hrodna oblast election commission reversed the decision of the Astravets district election commission concerning the registration denial to the initiative group of Ivan Kruk who intended to run for the Astravets district Soviet of Deputies at the Shkolnaya election constituency #2.

03.03.2010 Police questioned Andrei Sannikau and Iryna Khalip

The European Belarus leader and a well-known journalist were questioned in connection with the so called hunters’ case.

03.03.2010 Zmitser Kaspiarovich is summoned to tax inspection

On 2 March, opposition activist Zmitser Kaspiarovich was questioned by the Zavadski district tax inspection in Minsk n connection with ‘repeated crossing of Belarusian-Lithuanian border in 2008’.

03.03.2010 Statements of Belarusian officials about safety of nuclear power plant are ridiculous

“I guarantee – it is a lie,” stated the chairman of the Lithuanian UNESCO commission.

Babruisk KGB instigated criminal case against BCD activist

03.03.2010 Babruisk KGB instigated criminal case against BCD activist

KGB officers fulfilled their threat to instigate a criminal case against Volha Siiyanava, a Babruisk activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy. Volha Siiyanava is also a member of the initiative group of her mother who is running for the local Soviet of Deputies as a BCD member.

Salihorsk: collection of signatures in student dormitories is banned

03.03.2010 Salihorsk: collection of signatures in student dormitories is banned

On 1 March the Salihorsk district commission didn’t grant the complaint of the initiative group of Aliaksei Valabuyeu against actions of workers of Salihorsk mining chemical technical school and declared it groundless.

03.03.2010 Pretenders to candidates pass signatures to election commissions

The Mahiliou activists of the organizing committee of the Party of Freedom and Progress have already finished colleting signatures for their candidates and passed them to the election commissions. As stated by Yury Stukalau, a leader of the organizing committee of the PFP, a total of eight persons were nominated as candidates to the local Soviets of Deputies – five to the Mahiliou city Soviet and three – to the Mahiliou oblast Soviet.

Ivan Shyla is not registered as observer at district election commission

03.03.2010 Ivan Shyla is not registered as observer at district election commission

On 1 March, the Salihorsk district election commission adopted a negative answer towards the address of the electors who nominated the youth activist Ivan Shyla as an observer to the commission.

03.03.2010 Barysau: lists of precincts published in limited circulation

The latest edition of Adzinstva, the newspaper of the Barysau district executive committee, contains decision #213 of the executive committee On establishment of precincts for the elections to the local Soviets of deputies of the 26th Convocation, adopted on 22 February.

Assembly of pro-Democratic NGOs: third registration attempt failed

03.03.2010 Assembly of pro-Democratic NGOs: third registration attempt failed

According to information of the press-service of the Assembly of pro-Democratic NGOs, the Ministry of Justice for the third time refused to register the Assembly of pro-Democratic NGOs. The reasons for the registration don’t differ from the reasons given during the previous registration attempt.

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