News on the topic: elections-2015
11.10.2015 Carousel floaters assault independent observer and try to seize his laptop
During the early voting at polling station No. 24 in Minsk the observers saw two carousel floaters and later saw how they were paid for fictitious participation in the elections.
11.10.2015 Kryčaŭ: observers' calculations reveal a large discrepancy in the number of early voters on October 10
October 10, independent observers at Sožavy polling station No. 4 in Kryčaŭ counted 101 voters less than written in the PEC protocol for that day. At Vakzaĺny polling station No. 8, independent observer Nadzeya Ivanova counted 25 voters less than in the PEC protocol, though she didn't leave the polling station even for a minute.
11.10.2015 Hlusk: PEC chair corrects information in protocol of voting without explanations (photos)
October 10, Vasil Berazouski, chairman of precinct election commission No. 2 in Hlusk, changed the protocol of early voting for October 9 after an observation of the independent observer Ihar Kiryn (photos 1 and 2).
11.10.2015 BSUIR students complain of coercion to vote
In the evening of October 10, the last day of early voting, "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" received the following report from students of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics:
11.10.2015 Brest: observer gets deprived of accreditation at one polling station and denied accreditation at another
October 9, human rights activist Uladzimir Vialichkin was deprived of his accreditation as an observer at polling station No. 7 in the Maskoŭski district of Brest.
11.10.2015 Final report on early voting at the elections of President of the Republic of Belarus in 2015
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".
11.10.2015 Babrujsk: overstatement of turnout registered at polling station №20
A journalist of the newspaper “Babrujski Kurjer Aleksandryna Hlaholeva told how over a hundred extra electors “voted early” at polling station No. 20.
11.10.2015 Salihorsk: independent observer argues that ballot box was opened during dinner break
Uladzimir Shyla, observer of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee at polling station №32 in Salihorsk, reports about the opening of the ballot box for the early voting during the dinner break at the polling station.
11.10.2015 Salihorsk PEC No. 19 formed entirely of teachers and headed by schoolmaster
This was found out by the representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Leanid Markhotka during the monitoring of the early voting.
11.10.2015 Strange gender balance of early voters at polling station No. 5 in Smarhoń
384 out of 1,314 voters registered at precinct No. 5 in Smarhoń (29.2%) voted during the four days of early voting (October 6-9). 63.5% of them are women, 36.5% - men.
11.10.2015 Hrodna: commission chairperson signs protocols of early voting on reverse side (photos)
Zhana Shumskaya, master of school No. 22, chairperson of precinct election commission No. 33 in the Lieninski district of Hrodna, post at the polling station the protocols of voting that are filled in the wrong way.
11.10.2015 Hlusk: number of people “willing” to vote early is growing every day
The number of those who want to want early is growing every day at polling station No. 2 in Hlusk. On October 6, the first day of the early voting, there voted 53 electors, on October 9, according to the PEC protocol, the number increased to 188 people.
10.10.2015 Procession of National Flag in Minsk (updated)
A number of politicians and public figures have called on people to take part in the rally and procession on October 10 in central Minsk. People were told to come to Svabody Square at 5 p.m. and then proceed to Yakub Kolas Square under national white-red-white flags.
10.10.2015 Election commission unanimously votes for withdrawal of accreditation of observer
A member of the Movement "For Freedom" Leanid Haravy from Haradok (Viciebsk region) was deprived of his observer accreditation and removed from the polling station.
10.10.2015 Mahilioŭ: Investigation Committee found no confirmation of police abuse
Investigation Committee found no corpus delicti in the actions of the riot police in Mahilioŭ, who were accused of threats and humiliation of human dignity.
