03.08.2015 Number of polling stations in Baranavičy gets bigger
Second sitting of Baranavičy City Territorial Election Committee has been held in the building of Baranavičy City Executive Committee. Three questions have been considered there: the determination of the number and borders of the electoral precincts, the payment to members of TECs and the schedule of duty in August.
03.08.2015 Čavusy authorities don't hide how they created electoral team of A. Lukashenka
The website of Čavusy regional newspaper "Iskra" published an article “Collection of signatures has started in Čavusy”.
03.08.2015 Analytical report on the results of the weekly monitoring: July 23 – August 2
Observation of the presidential elections of the Republic of Belarus is carried out by activists of "Belarusian Helsinki Committee" and the Human Rights Center "Viasna" in the framework of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections".
01.08.2015 Chairman of Salihorsk BLS: Ministry of Education and people seem to be living in different countries
Salihorsk organization of the Belarusian Language Society received a response from the Ministry of Education to its statement on the need to give the Belarusian language is not a declarative, but an effective status of a state language and ensure the equality of the two state languages in all spheres of life.
01.08.2015 Biaroza authorities ban picket of solidarity with political prisoners
Biaroza District Executive Committee dismissed the appeal of the local human rights activists for holding a picket of solidarity with political prisoners on August 4, the International Day of Solidarity with Belarusian Civil Society.
01.08.2015 Salihorsk enterprises are instructed to collect signatures in support of Lukashenka's candidacy
Local human rights activists have received information about the order to the enterprises of Salihorsk district to collect signatures of voters for the nomination of the candidacy of the incumbent head of state for the presidential elections.
31.07.2015 Supreme Court rejects appeal by political prisoner Ihar Alinevich
According to Valiantsina Alinevich, the mother of political prisoner Ihar Alinevich, she has received a letter from her son, which said that the Supreme Court has dismissed the political prisoner’s supervisory appeal.
31.07.2015 Zhodzina: violations committed while collecting signatures for Lukashenka (photo)
Observers in Zhodzina say they have documented violations when collecting signatures by the initiative group for the nomination of Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
31.07.2015 Mahilioŭ: administrative resources used in collecting signatures for Lukashenka
Aliaksei Paulouski, an activist of the nomination group the United Civil Party leader Anatol Liabedzka, says citizens are forced to sign for Lukashenka in Mahilioŭ.
31.07.2015 Valiantsin Stefanovich: "Not only the observer should be able to monitor the counting of votes, but the procedure itself should be transparent"
Last week, the CEC Secretary Mikalai Lazavik said in a talk show on the ONT TV channel that observers should be possible to directly observe the counting of votes.
31.07.2015 Mikaševičy: Administrative resources abused when collecting signatures for Lukashenka
The employees of the Mikaševičy-based hospital have been involved in using the administrative resource when collecting signatures in support of presidential candidate Aliaksandr Lukashenka during working hours.
30.07.2015 State media in Salihorsk cover Lukashenka’s campaign only
The state-owned media of Salihorsk have been actively covering the collecting signatures in support of the initiative group of Aliaksandr Lukashenka. Meanwhile, representatives of the opposition candidates do not receive airtime or opportunity to comment.
30.07.2015 More trade union activists fired in Babrujsk
The management of the Babrujsk-based plant of tractor parts and units continues harassing members of the Free Trade Union of Belarus. Over the past two years, the employer has got rid of several trade union activists by refusing to extend their labor contracts. But the last two cases were “the height of cynicism and humiliation of all norms of human morality," say local members of the FTU.
30.07.2015 U.S. pensioner detained in Minsk for ice-cream
He brought ice-cream to the people collecting signatures for Anatol Lyabedzka.
30.07.2015 CEC rejects procedure of transparent vote count
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has received a response to its appeal to the Central Election Commission. In its address, the BHC asked to implement three simple solutions, which could considerably improve the transparency of the electoral process.
