News on the topic: elections-2015
15.09.2015 None of observer's appeals are considered collectively by Hlusk District Election Commission
The BHC observer at the Hluski District Election Commission Ihar Kiryn has filed with the commission six appeals regarding various violation of the electoral legislation. He received prompt responses to each of them, signed by the head of the commission A. Belski. However, none of the appeals were considered at the commission's sittings.
15.09.2015 OSCE observers visit Sluck and Salihorsk
Long-term observers of the OSCE mission visited Salihorsk and Sluck, where they met with the authorities and local human rights defenders.
15.09.2015 Sporava: villagers warn Aliaksandr Lukashenka they won't participate in elections
According to the residents of the village of Sporava (the Biaroza district), they believe neither to the local, nor to the district, nor to the regional and not even to the national authorities. They've been struggling for the return of their lake, lent to a businessman in 2014. The last instance is Aliaksandr Lukashenka, and the villages threat to refuse from taking part in the elections unless he takes an objective decision in their case.
15.09.2015 Mahilioŭ: Kastryčnicki District Election Commission found no cases of collection of signatures for Lukashenka at enterprises
At the same time, the Mahilioŭ Regional Election Commission informed the public activist Aliaksei Paulouski that the signatures were collected at state enterprises in the free time, without coercion, and only by members of the initiative group of Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
14.09.2015 Conditions for electoral campaigning leave much to be desired in Hlusk
September 11, resolutions №21-14, №21-15, №21-16 that define the conditions for the election campaign in Hlusk, were published at the website of the Hlusk District Executive Committee.
14.09.2015 CEC answers Baranavičy human rights activist: it's not campaigning, but "formation of social activity of citizens"
Baranavičy human rights activist Siarhei Housha filed a repeated complain to the Central Election Commission regarding the early campaigning for Lukashenka.
12.09.2015 Report on the results of monitoring the nomination and registration of candidates for President of the Republic of Belarus
Observation of the election of the President of Belarus is carried out by activists of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center "Viasna" in the framework of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections".
11.09.2015 "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections": Authorities use selective approach to electoral campaign
September 11, a press-conference of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" on the occasion of completion of three important stages of organizational measures on preparation and holding of elections, which actually make up half of the election campaign, took place at the office of the HRC "Viasna".
11.09.2015 Report on monitoring of the picket "For Fair and Free Elections" in Minsk on September 10
The picket of September 10, 2015 was of peaceful nature. The absence of an application for holding the mass event, as required by law, is not a reason to limit the freedom of peaceful assembly.
11.09.2015 Administration of "Belaruskali", which manages election commissions, openly states about organization of administrative control of turnout
September 9 in Salihorsk, a meeting of the administration of "Belaruskali" had a meeting with its engineering staff of the first mine - managers and supervisors at all levels of the mine group. Ordinary workers weren't invited. Instead, there were the director general Ivan Halavaty, his deputy for ideological work and personnel Anatol Makhlai and the director of the first mine, Aliaksandr Harbachou.
11.09.2015 Long-term observers of OSCE visit Biaroza
36 long-term observers of the OSCE have arrived in Belarus to monitor the presidential elections. Six of them are in the Brest region – in Brest, Pinsk and Baranavičy.
11.09.2015 Who observes elections in Mahilioŭ?
Apart from the international mission of the OSCE, the election campaign has been monitored from its very beginning by "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" (including the HRC "Viasna" and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee), "Right to Choose-2015" and "For Fair Elections".
11.09.2015 Kryčaŭ District Executive Committee sends candidates to stadium
September 7, the Kryčaŭ DEC adopted ruling №22-5 «On information security and creating the conditions for pre-election campaign of candidates for president of the Republic of Belarus”, published on September 9 on the website of the local newspaper " Kryčaŭskaje Žyccio".
11.09.2015 Picket “For Fair and Free Elections” held in downtown Minsk
Former political prisoner and presidential candidate of the Republic of Belarus in 2010 Mikalai Statkevich stated he would hold an electoral picket on September 10 with the demand of free elections. The action started at 6 p.m.
11.09.2015 Mikalai Statkevich intends to use possibilities of electoral campaign
At the unauthorized picket “For Free and Fair Elections”, held near the City Department Store (HUM) on September 10, former political prisoner and presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich promised to invite Aliaksandr Lukashenka to a meeting in the coming weeks.
