News on the topic: elections-2012
23.07.2012 Pavel Sapelka: “Deprivation of defendants’ right to vote is groundless”
The lists of citizens of Belarus who have the right to vote has about 7 million voters. Ballots are usually cast by more than 5 million. Behind these figures it is difficult to see 40-50 thousand persons deprived of their right to vote in connection with criminal proceedings.
23.07.2012 CEC admits absence of decisions on its web-site
Lack of certain decisions by the Central Election Commission on its official web-site do not infringe on the rights and legitimate interests of voters, says CEC chair Mrs. Lidziya Yarmoshyna in her reply to Mahiliou human rights defender Barys Bukhel.
23.07.2012 Weekly Analytical Report on Monitoring Results 4: July 9th – July 22nd
General Conclusions: - Creation of initiative groups for collection of signatures in support of candidates’ nomination does not show any significant difference in intensity from its regular level for parliamentary elections in Belarus: the total of 439 initiative groups applied for registration.
19.07.2012 BHC observers denied access to sittings of Salihorsk election commissions
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee observers have not been able to attend the sittings of Salihorsk election commissions No. 68 and 69, says human rights defender Leanid Markhotka.
19.07.2012 Information on members of Barysau constituency elections commissions still secret
Barysau observers and ordinary voters are still unable to obtain information on the composition of local constituency elections commissions, as the town’s authorities have not yet published the data in the public media.
19.07.2012 Barysau constituency election commission’s decision illegal, says local HR defender
Barysau human rights defender Aleh Matskevich has submitted an online complaint to the Central Election Commission, saying that a sitting of the election commission of local constituency No. 62 did not have the quorum to take a legal decision.
19.07.2012 Election commissions refuse to register Mikalai Statkevich's initiative group
Alyaksei Haurutsikau, the political prisoner's party member in the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "People's Assembly", has informed about it.
18.07.2012 Babruisk media promote pro-government candidates
The state-owned newspapers of Babruisk have launched a traditional campaign of promoting local officials and heads of major enterprises who have announced their run in the forthcoming elections.
18.07.2012 Slutsk observer appeals election campaigning restrictions
Vital Amialkovich, observer representing the Belarusian Helsinki Committee in the town of Slutsk, has addressed Barys Batura, chair of Minsk regional executive committee, with an appeal against harsh restrictions imposed on election campaigning events in the town.
17.07.2012 Minsk court turns down another complaint over “invalid” signature
Minsk City Court has dismissed a complaint lodged by the United Civil Party of Belarus after 8 out of 9 members of the Party nominated to the city’s election commissions were denied membership.
17.07.2012 Baranavichy observer appeals election violations
Baranavichy human rights defender Siarhei Housha, registered as observer at local constituency No. 5, has addressed the Central Election Commission with a complaint, saying that the formation of the constituency’s election commission was accompanied with certain violations of the Electoral Code.
17.07.2012 Political prisoner Mikola Statkevich to run for MP
Mikola Statkevich's initiative groups are being registered in Vitsebsk Province.
16.07.2012 Minsk Regional Court turns down complaint by Salihorsk voters
Minsk Regional Court has dismissed today a complaint lodged by a number of voters from Salihorsk constituency No. 69 who argued that famous civil activist Uladzimir Shyla nominated as their representative to local constituency election commission was illegally deprived of his right to act as election commissioner.
16.07.2012 First denial: election commission denies registration of Valery Karankevich’s initiative group
The election commission of Krychau constituency No. 83 has denied registration of an initiative group of Valery Karankevich, after 6 out of 15 of his supporters withdrew their signatures for nominating him as a candidate for Parliament.
16.07.2012 Drahichyn official campaigns for colleague at concert
Vasil Khvatsik, head of Drahichyn housing department, has reportedly abused a concert marking the town’s birthday on 15 July to campaign for Yury Darahakupets, head of Ivanava housing department, who is expected to run for Parliament, as his initiative group has already been registered.
