News on the topic: elections-2015
27.07.2015 Member of Tatsiana Karatkevich’s campaign team detained in Maladziechna
Valiantsin Tsishko, a member of the initiative group of Tatsiana Karatkevich, has been reportedly detained today in Maladziechna.
27.07.2015 CEC launches official website ‘Elections-2015’
An official website “Elections-2015” has been launched on July 23, the Central Election Commission said.
26.07.2015 Report on monitoring the formation of territorial election commissions
"Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" have conducted the monitoring and analysis of the formation of territorial election commissions for the presidential elections, the results of which have been used to prepare a report.
24.07.2015 Activists of Anatol Liabedzka’s campaign team report obstacles in collecting signatures
Today, members of the initiative group of Anatol Liabedzka, leader of the United Civil Party running for President, were not allowed to collect signatures for the registration of the UCP leader as a presidential candidate by security guards of the Minsk-based market Ždanovičy.
24.07.2015 Baranavičy: Human rights defender appeals ban on observing formation of election commission
Human rights activist Siarhei Housha has complained to the Brest Regional Executive Committee against the district executive committee and the District Council of Deputies, which did not allow him to attend a joint meeting of the two bodies that formed the district election commission.
23.07.2015 Homieĺ Regional Court turns down Fair World election complaint
The Homieĺ Regional Court considered today a complaint by Uladzimir Siakerka, local leader of the Belarusian Party of the Left "Fair World", against the Presidium of the Regional Executive Committee and the Regional Council of Deputies who refused to include in the regional election commission a representative of the party Viktar Khomich.
23.07.2015 Viciebsk: Human rights defender loses court appeal against ban on election commission membership
Pavel Levinau had been delegated two groups of voters, who wanted to see him among the members of the Pieršmajski district election commission and the Viciebsk regional election commission.
23.07.2015 Maladziečna executive committee violates CEC decision
On Friday, July 17, a representative of the BPF in Maladziečna, Volha Lahvinovich, brought the documents for nomination to the territorial election commission (TEC) of the party representatives and could not find anyone to whom they should be submitted.
23.07.2015 Collecting of signatures for presidential candidates starts today
July 23 is the first day of collecting signatures by initiative groups of the presidential candidates.
23.07.2015 Minsk city election commission: 61.5% of 2014 commissioners
Of the nine nominated representatives of the opposition parties only three will work in the territorial commissions of Minsk. Dzmitry Kaspiarovich (BPF) – Minsk city election commission, Yury Suares (the Party "Fair World") – the Saviecki district election commission, and Nadzeya Shomchanka (the Belarusian Social Democratic party (Hramada) – the Zavodski district election commission.
23.07.2015 Maryna Adamovich appeals ban on registration of Mikalai Statkevich’s campaign team
Maryna Adamovich, the wife of political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich, who is his legal representative and the head of the initiative group for his nomination as a presidential candidate, filed yesterday an appeal in the Supreme Court against the CEC's refusal to register the initiative group. The CEC decision was adopted on 20 July.
22.07.2015 BHC representative not allowed to attend meeting of district election commission in Viciebsk
Leanid Svetsik, representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee in Viciebsk, was not allowed to attend today’s first meeting of the Kastryčnicki district election commission, after deputy chairman of the Viciebsk city executive committee Piotr Padhurski said that his presence was not ‘welcome’.
22.07.2015 Babrujsk: officials elected to election commission under the guise of ‘public representatives’
The website of the Babrujsk city executive committee has published a full list of members of the two district election commissions in the city. The vast number of TEC members are people who have worked in the commissions during the previous election campaigns.
22.07.2015 Government website in Homieĺ supports future presidential candidate?
The website of the administration of Homieĺ’s Čyhunačny district has posted, in addition to the official information of the start of the campaign and the creation of the district election commission, an announcement about the public reception service of the NGO “Belaya Rus”.
22.07.2015 No opposition representatives in Mahilioŭ regional election commission
The joint meeting of the Presidium of the Mahilioŭ Regional Council and the Regional Executive Committee was attended by local human rights activist Barys Bukhel.
