10.09.2012 CEC bounces appeal by Hrodna candidates

A number of Hrodna opposition candidates, including representatives of the BPF, the UCPB, the Fair World Party and the Tell the Truth campaign, have received a reply from the Central Election Commission lodged to urge the high officials to address the illegal restrictions on election campaigning events imposed by the city’s executive authorities.

10.09.2012 Weekly Report of Observation Results # 7

September 3-9, 2012

General Conclusions - The campaigning is low-profile: candidate debates take place in few districts only, information boards in many districts remain empty; there is no mass distribution of printed campaign materials. - The Central Election Commission ruled to prohibit participation of candidates’ agents in debates in case the agents ran for mandate in other districts. The ruling is contrary to Article 46 of the Election Code, which allows participation of candidates’ agents in debates without any limitations. - TV-presentations of the opposition candidates and their platforms continue to undergo censorship in the state press. Observers register facts of usage of the administrative resource in favor of the pro-governmental candidates. - Election campaigning takes place in the climate of pressure on democratic candidates and civic activists from the state bodies. - The Supreme Court heard the complaints about denial of registration to candidates. One of 17 complaints was satisfied.

10.09.2012 Two girls fined for posting stickers

Minsk Tsentralny District Court has fined Alena and Liudmila Paulouskays 2 mln. rubles each for alleged resisting arrest.

07.09.2012 Horki candidate warned by election commission

The election commission of constituency No. 82 in the town of Horki has issued a warning to Andrei Yurkou, parliamentary candidate supported by the For Freedom opposition movement.

07.09.2012 Mass raids on anarchists' homes

The KGB seized computers, flash drives and cell phones. Homes of four anarchist activists from Brest were raided by police yesterday. Activists were summoned to the KGB for questioning, Euroradio reports.

07.09.2012 Another activist of Tell the Truth detained in Minsk

Aliaksandr Artsybashau, activist of the Tell the Truth civil campaign, has been detained this afternoon outside his house in Minsk.

07.09.2012 Brest authorities block initiative to expand election campaigning opportunities

Brest authorities find it inexpedient to expand the list of authorized election campaigning locations in the city, says a reply from the region’s executive committee received by Ihar Maslouski, running for Parliament in constituency No. 2.

07.09.2012 Slutsk activist Vital Amialkovich fined

The administrative commission of Slutsk district executive committee has fined local activist Vital Amialkovich 1 mln. rubles for posting stickers on the wall of a building back on 14 July.

07.09.2012 Minsk police raid office of Tell the Truth campaign, thousands of election leaflets and newspapers seized

The Minsk office of the Tell the Truth was raided by the police last evening.

07.09.2012 Administration of Zelva farm stops candidates’ meeting with voters

Ivan Sheha and Mikhail Karatkevich, parliamentary candidates running in Slonim constituency No. 58, were not allowed meeting employees of Zelva-based fram “Slavutsichy”, after the enterprise’s administration ordered to stop the event, and the farmers were forced to start work.

07.09.2012 Salihorsk authorities issue warning to candidate Viktar Malochka

On 6 September, the election commission of Salihorsk-based constituency No. 68 issued a warning to candidate Viktar Malochka for a number of violations of election campaigning rules.

07.09.2012 Homel authorities fine distributor of independent newspaper

On 6 September, the administrative commission of Homel Savetski District executive committee fined Aliaksandr Protska, local distributor of the Novy Chas independent newspaper, 100,000 roubles under Art. 12.17 of the Administrative Code (“violation of trade rules”).

07.09.2012 Former political prisoner Pavel Vinahradau detained in Minsk

Pavel Vinahradau, activist of the Tell the Truth civil campaign, was detained in Minsk this morning.

07.09.2012 Report on Monitoring Appealing Procedures against Denial of Candidates’ Registration

September 7, 2012

06.09.2012 Rechytsa: court marshals raid place of work of opposition candidate

On 6 September the marshals of the Rechytsa District Court N. Hancharova, A. Kandzinau and S. Lapata (all in the photo) came to a shop of the private enterprise Alida & Co.”, where an opposition candidate Anton Niafiodau works. They blankly demanded from the workers to given them cash, allegedly as a compensation of a debt.