News for September 2012
23.09.2012 Press photographer detained in central Minsk
Siarhei Balai, photographer of the Salidarnasts online newspaper, was detained by police in Minsk’s central Kastrychnitskaya Square at about 6 p.m.
23.09.2012 Two observers missing from polling station in Minsk
The whereabouts of two independent observers working in Minsk polling stations Nos. 373 and 374 is currently unknown, after they left the polling stations at about 1 p.m.
23.09.2012 BHC observer thrown out of election commission office
Anatol Rodzik, observer representing the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, has been forcibly ejected from the office of Vitsebsk-based constituency election commission No. 20, after he said he wanted to monitor the submission of election records.
23.09.2012 Observers report trespassing at polling station in Zhlobin
A policeman illegally penetrated Zhlobin-based polling station No. 29 at night, says Valery Rybchanka, candidate representing the Fair World party, quoting a report by local independent observers.
23.09.2012 Zhlobin observer accused of safe burglary
Aleh Kastusiou, short-term observer representing the Fair World party, was forced to leave Zhlobin-based polling station No. 14, after he was accused of burgling a safe with early vote ballot papers.
23.09.2012 Press photographer detained in polling station in Minsk
Dzmitry Lasko, photographer of the “Komsomolskaya Pravda v Belorussii” daily, was shortly detained this morning at Minsk-based polling station No. 704, the press-service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists reports, quoting the newspaper’s photographer Iryna Kozlik.
23.09.2012 Khotsimsk election agent taken to police station for explanations
Piotr Baseika, election agent of candidate Valery Karankevich, has been detained outside polling station No. 55 in Khotsimsk.
23.09.2012 Mahiliou observer appeals obstacles by election officials
Valery Berazienka, observer representing the Fair World party, has lodged a complaint with Mahiliou election commission No. 45, appealing extremely poor conditions for observers’ activities at polling stations.
23.09.2012 104 ballots “lost” in Smarhon
The election record released by Smarhon-based constituency election commission No. 59 following the end of the early voting campaign says 241 persons voted by 23 September, with 1,305 ballots left. However, the commission received 1,650 ballot papers, i.e. there should have been 1,409 unused ballots.
23.09.2012 Businessman Aliaksandr Makayeu detained
Minsk police detained today entrepreneur Aliaksandr Makayeu, as he was driving to work.
23.09.2012 Independent observers unwelcome in Mazyr polling stations
Independent observers working in Mazyr (Homel region) have reportedly been threatened with detention, in case they come to poling stations on the voting day, 23 September.
23.09.2012 Two activists detained in Minsk
Andrei and Aliaksei Dvaretskis were detained yesterday evening by Minsk police. The brothers were reportedly charged with an administrative offence. However, the exact reasons for the arrest are yet unknown.
23.09.2012 Babruisk: huge mismatch in voter turnout
From the very beginning of the early voting campaign, the independent observers of Babruisk have reported considerable difference in voter turnout figures provided by the election commission of polling station No. 12.
23.09.2012 Khotsimsk: opposition candidate’s election agent denied access to polling station
Piotr Baseika, election agent of Valery Karankevich, candidate running for Parliament in the town of Khotsimsk, who is also accredited as an observer, was not allowed today working at polling station No. 54.
23.09.2012 Observer ejected from polling station in Vitsebsk
Yan Dziarzhautsau, observer representing the Belarusian Helsinki Committee in Vitsebsk polling station No. 14, was denied accreditation after he received a warning for alleged insulting other observers.
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