News on the topic: elections-2015
08.07.2015 What difficulties are faced by observers during elections?
The lawyer of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Hary Pahaniaila talks about the differences between the current presidential campaign from the previous ones and the main difficulties faced by the observers.
08.07.2015 Hrodna region: not all websites of executive committees promptly inform about electoral process
On July 1-19 the district executive committees in Belarus accept documents for the nomination of candidates for President of the Republic of Belarus within the framework of the electoral campaign.
06.07.2015 Election monitoring starts in Hrodna
The independent campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” started its activities in the Hrodna region with the proclamation of the presidential elections.
06.07.2015 Analytical Report on the results of observation: July 1-5
Observation of the presidential elections of the Republic 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".
02.07.2015 Luniniec authorities reluctant to accept applications for pickets
The issue was reported by the head of Luniniec district branch of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) Vital Kalinouski, who tried to get Luniniec District Executive Committee register his appeals for holding pickets on July 16-17 with the aim to draw people to the team of a potential candidate for president Tatsiana Karatkevich.
01.07.2015 Human rights activists: “We want to perceive the statement of the authorities that the elections should go quietly as the absence of human rights violations”
July 1, a press-conference, dedicated to the start of the campaign for monitoring the presidential elections in Belarus was held at the office of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.
01.07.2015 Statement on the occasion of the beginning of the campaign to monitor the presidential elections in Belarus
The House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus has determined the date of the next presidential elections - October 11, 2015. According to Art. 81 of the Belarusian Constitution, the President is elected for five years directly by the people through universal, free, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.
30.06.2015 Presidential elections to be held on October 11
On Tuesday the House of Representatives appointed the date for the presidential elections - October 11.
16.06.2015 ODIHR ready to work closely with Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections
On June 16, coordinators of the independent observation campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” met with representatives of the OSCE ODIHR, which are on an official visit in Minsk.
30.01.2015 Democratic forces agree to observe presidential election
A number of opposition organizations have signed an agreement to launch a joint campaign of observation during the presidential campaign due in the fall 2015. The coalition includes the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), the organizing committee of the party Belarusian Christian Democracy, the Tell the Truth campaign, the BPF Party and the Movement “For Freedom”.
19.01.2015 Yarmoshyna: November 15 is mostly like to be Election Day
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has approved the preliminarily date, the CEC chairperson said.
