News on the topic: elections-2015
10.09.2015 Minsk authorities determined places for campaigning in Minsk
Minsk City Executive Committee has determined the sites for pre-election campaigning, as well as the list of premises for meetings of presidential candidates with voters and the list of places where informational boards could be installed for the purpose of placing the printed campaign materials of the candidates on them.
10.09.2015 Conditions for campaigning get worse in Žodzina
The deterioration of the conditions for campaigning in Žodzina has been registered by an independent observer at the Žodzina City Election Commission Aliaksei Lapitski.
09.09.2015 Invitation to press-conference on results of first part of electoral campaign 2015
At 11 a.m. on September 11, the civil campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" will hold a press-conference, dedicated to summarizing the monitoring results of the first stage of the presidential electoral campaign in Belarus.
09.09.2015 Viciebsk: school-children's parents forced to give written undertakings to vote for Lukashenka
At school No. 38 in Viciebsk, the parents who attended a parental assembly were told to give undertakings they would vote early for Lukashenka. This was reported to the coordinator of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Tatsiana Seviarynets by the mother of a first-grade pupil.
09.09.2015 Human rights activists meet with PACE delegation
September 8, representatives of Belarusian human rights organizations had a meeting with a delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) at the office of the EU Mission in Minsk.
09.09.2015 It is virtually impossible to find about working schedule of Brest PECs
According to an independent observer Uladzimir Vialichkin, the first organizational sittings of the precinct election commissions, formed within the frames of the current electoral campaign, were held without the public attention.
09.09.2015 Former political prisoner Statkevich still eager to hold his electoral picket and treats police intimidation with irony
The former political prisoner told “Nasha Niva” that on September 8 he was summonsed for a “talk” to the Main Police Department of the Minsk City Executive Committee. The reason was that he intended to hold a picket in the center of Minsk (near HUM department store) on September 10 do demand free elections.
08.09.2015 Hrodna Regional Election Commission won't work because of sitting of Eurasian Inter-governmental Council
The information that the Hrodna Regional Election Commission won't work on September 8, was published at the official website of the Hrodna Regional Executive Committee.
07.09.2015 Analytical weekly report on the results of weekly observation: August 31 - September 6
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".
07.09.2015 Baranavičy: human rights activist files appeal against early campaigning for the incumbent
September 5, human rights activist Siarhei Housha filed an appeal to the Central Election Commission regarding the campaigning in support of Aliaksandr Lukashenka before the official registration of candidates for presidency.
07.09.2015 Brest region: all signatures for nomination of Viktar Tsiareshchanka are declared invalid
Brest Regional Election Commission was the last REC to sum up the results of the collection of signatures in support of the nomination of candidacies for the upcoming presidential elections.
07.09.2015 Sluck District Executive Committee makes secret of documents on formation of PECs
An independent observer, representatives of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Vital Amialkovich, received an reply to his request to familiarize with the documents of the candidates, nominated to the precinct election commissions, only in nine days.
05.09.2015 Drahičyn authorities officially divide observers into "constructive" and "opposition" ones (screen)
The website of Drahičyn District Executive Committee contains information about the observers, nominated observers to the election commissions of Drahičyn.
05.09.2015 Homieĺ Regional Election Commission came to Mazyr to check observer's complaint, but he wasn't shown any signature sheets of Haidukevich and Ulakhovich
September 4, Mazyr was visited by members of Homieĺ Regional Election Commission, headed by its deputy chairperson Tamara Lukyanenka.
04.09.2015 Stolin district: authorities determine places to campaign for presidential candidates
Stolin District Executive Committee adopted a special resolution, according to which election propaganda materials shall be produced in accordance with the requirements of the Electoral Code and posted on advertising pillars, the windows of shops and cinemas and on bulletin boards only after consultation with the leaders of these institutions.
