News for 15 Jul 2020
15.07.2020 Amnesty International: Mass arrests during peaceful gatherings violated protesters’ rights and provoked violence
The people who have gathered to denounce the elimination of opposition presidential candidates from the election list have every right to take to the streets. Peaceful protest is an essential way of exercising the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression.
15.07.2020 EU deplores "arbitrary exclusion of candidates" in Belarus election
Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the non-registration of presidential candidates
15.07.2020 ODIHR will not deploy election observation mission to Belarus due to lack of invitation
The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus that the lack of an invitation to observe the upcoming presidential election has precluded ODIHR from observing the ongoing election process.
15.07.2020 280 detained in protests across Belarus
At least 280 people were detained by the police yesterday evening after hundreds demonstrated against the Central Election Commission’s decision to disqualify two of the incumbent Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s key rivals in the upcoming presidential election.
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