News for 31 Aug 2015

Observer faces ban on monitoring signature verification in Salihorsk

31.08.2015 Observer faces ban on monitoring signature verification in Salihorsk

Leanid Markhotka, a representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, was unable to attend the procedure of verifying signatures submitted for the nomination of presidential contenders to the Salihorsk district election commission. Instead, the independent observer was invited to the final meeting of the election commission, which approved the decision taken earlier.

Disabled activist from Svietlahorsk seeks justice at UN Human Rights Committee

31.08.2015 Disabled activist from Svietlahorsk seeks justice at UN Human Rights Committee

Yury Liashenka, a wheelchair-user from the city of Svietlahorsk, has submitted an individual complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee, after he exhausted all domestic remedies. He complains of harassment by the government for trying to publicly protest the refusal of local officials to build a ramp outside a multistory building in which the disabled activist lives.

Human Rights Situation in Belarus: August 2015

31.08.2015 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: August 2015

On August 22, it was reported that President Aliaksandr Lukashenka pardoned and released from prison six political prisoners: Mikalai Statkevich, Mikalai Dziadok, Ihar Alinevich, Yury Rubtsou, Artsiom Prakapenka, and Yauhen Vaskovich. Despite the absence of any systemic changes in the field of human rights, the move of the authorities can be assessed as positive.

BPF activists appeal ban on election commission membership in Sluck and Salihorsk

31.08.2015 BPF activists appeal ban on election commission membership in Sluck and Salihorsk

The Minsk regional office of the Party of the Belarusian Popular Front and the Minsk regional branch of the public association BPF "Adradžennie" have sent complaints to the courts of Sluck and Salihorsk districts to challenge refusals to include their representatives in local precinct election commissions.

Election officials in Hrodna invalidate 11,000 signatures for Viktar Tsiareshchanka

31.08.2015 Election officials in Hrodna invalidate 11,000 signatures for Viktar Tsiareshchanka

The election commissions of Hrodna’s Lieninski and Kastryčnicki districts have found invalid all the 11,509 signatures that were handed over by the nomination group of presidential contender Viktar Tsiareshchanka.

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