BHC observer not allowed to attend constituency commission meeting

A Belarusian Helsinki Committee observer in Hrodna Raman Yurhel was not allowed to attend the meeting of Vishniavets constituency electoral commission on 22 February despite his official mandate. The Commission chair Siarhei Siamashka said the BHC central office had no right to delegate a representative for maintaining observation in local electoral commissions.

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