News on the topic: presidential elections-2010
13.12.2010 Homel: students are offered a day-off to vote early
On 10 December the rector of Homel State University Aliaksandr Rahachou held a meeting with students and teaching staff.
13.12.2010 OSCE Election Observation Mission issued Interim Report No.2 on the presidential election in Belarus
You can find the full text of the report on this address: http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2010/12/48172_en.pdf
13.12.2010 Candidate Ramanchuk demands investigation concerning Makei’s statements
The presidential candidate Yaraslau Ramanchuk has applied to the Minister of Internal Affairs Anatol Kuliashou, the KGB head Vadzim Zaitsau and the General Public Prosecutor Ryhor Vasilevich with a claim concerning the statements of the head of the Presidential Administration, Uladzimir Makei in his interview to RTR-Belarus TV-channel.
11.12.2010 General Procuracy issues warnings to five candidates
The General Procuracy issued official warnings to the presidential candidates Uladzimir Niakliayeu, Yaraslau Ramanchuk, Vital Rymasheuski, Andrei Sannikau and Mikalai Statkevich for calling the Belarusian citizens to come to Kastrychnitskaya Square on the Election Day, 19 December.
10.12.2010 Maladechna: administration of the Minsk Furniture Center organizes forced voting
A resident of Maladechna was the first person who responded to the appeal of Human Rights Defenders of Free Elections. He informed us that the heads of the departments, workshops and shifts of the joint venture Minsk Furniture Center received papers for the account of those who voted: the memo The order of providing information about the pace of voting at the election of President of the Republic f Belarus and the Model of filling of results of elections.
10.12.2010 Many ’observers’ at the Slutsk District Election Commission
According to human rights defender Vital Amialkovich, the majority of observers accredited at the Slutsk District Election Commission are put there for the sake of appearance.
10.12.2010 Maladechna: where are the electoral teams of the majority of presidential candidates?
Little time remains till the beginning of voting, but residents of Maladechna can see only the agitation production of Ryhor Kastusiou, Uladzimir Niakliayeu and Andrei Sannikau. It’s quite strange, as signatures in support of presidential candidates were collected in Maladechna by representatives of seven electoral teams besides Lukashenka’s.
09.12.2010 Orsha officials try to deceive OSCE observers
The meeting of members of the electoral teams of democratic candidates with OSCE observers in Orsha left interesting impressions. According to the international observers, officials of the Orsha Town Executive Committee said that only one of them had been included in the town election commission. In fact, there are two of them: Ina Khamutouskaya, executive officer of the Orsha TEC, and Aleh Smirnouski – Chairperson of the department of youth affairs.
09.12.2010 Minsk: member of precinct election commission nominated by BPF Party tries to restore her rights
A member of the precinct election commission #104 of the Maskouski District of Minsk Iryna Smiayan-Semianiuk applied to the Central Election Commission and the Minsk City Election Commission with a complaint about unlawful actions by the commission Chairperson, Yury Nasonau. As stated in the complaint, in violation of Part 3 of Article 37 of the Electoral Code of Belarus I.Smiayan-Semianiuk was not invited to the meeting of the commission, except the first two ones.
09.12.2010 Vitsebsk: female agitators are detained and insulted
On 8 December the guards of the shopping center Evicom detained the electioneering agent of Vital Rymasheuski, Tatsiana Seviarynets (pictured) for handing out electoral leaflets of the candidate. On 9 December Alena Famina, an electioneering agent of the presidential candidate Dzmitry Us, was removed from the building of Vitsebsk State University with the use of physical force.
09.12.2010 Krupki: Artist Ales Pushkin sentenced to 13 days of jail
On 8 December the Pushkins’ house in the town of Bobr (in the Krupki district of the Minsk region) was visited by their neighbor Yason Lazarevich, who was inebriated and tried to provoke a fight. The incident was witnessed by Pushkin’s wife, Yanina. Soon after the neighbor had gone away a police patrol arrived. The policemen stated they have received a complaint that Mr. Pushkin had beaten a man.
09.12.2010 Minsk: the dean’s office of philological faculty of Belarusian State University threatens a Young Front activist
A second-year student of the philological faculty of Belarusian State University Kasia Davydzik was summonsed to the office of the Deputy Dean, Siarhei Vazhnik. He showed her photos from the street action held under the slogan Retire! (addressed to Lukashenka), on the top of which her surname was written in Russian. The official said that had had been asked to take explanations from her.
09.12.2010 Homel: police detain an activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy
On 8 December officers of the Navabelitski District Police Department of Homel detained a BCD member Dzmitry Adamovich for putting posters in an improper place.
09.12.2010 General Procuracy threatens candidate Niakliayeu with bringing a criminal case
On 9 December the presidential candidate Uladzimir Niakliayeu received a telephone call from the General Procuracy. He was told that an official warning was issued to him for the ‘unlawful calls’ to citizens to come out to Kastrychnitskaya Square on 19 December.
09.12.2010 Pro-governmental observer Dzmitry Niakhai describes electoral falsifications during previous elections
Mr. Niakhai told how election fraud is taking place in Belarus. The press-service of the European Belarus civil campaign has received a letter from him which is published without changes.
