News on the topic: elections-2015
08.10.2015 Hrodna: chairman of PEC No. 110 changes protocol of early voting
Observers of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” discovered a violation of the electoral legislation at polling station No. 110 in Hrodna.
08.10.2015 Observers register a large turnout discrepancy at polling station No. 20 in Baranavičy
As reported by an independent observer Ryhor Hryk, after 7 p.m. on October 7, precinct election commission No. 20, located in school No. 15 in Hayavaya Str., 59, posted the protocol for public information. There it was indicated that On October 7 there voted 146 people, whereas the observers counted only 87.
08.10.2015 Mahilioŭ: Kastryčnicki District Election Commission refuses to provide information about number of those who have cast their votes
This is reported by the Mahilioŭ human rights defender Barys Bukhel.
08.10.2015 Mahilioŭ: students continue voting early
Mahilioŭ observers register more and more cases of forcing to early voting. The record holder is polling station No. 42, located in gymnasium No. 3 in the Lieninski district of Mahilioŭ.
08.10.2015 Babrujsk citizens vote under supervision of their bosses
Early voting in Babrujsk is covered extensively in the state-run media. During the first two days of early voting, almost all students of colleges came to the polling stations. The newspaper of the Babrujsk City Executive Committee “Babrujskaje Žyccio” explains it with the personal wish of the electors.
08.10.2015 Salihorsk: members of PECs and their observers work at the same enterprises
As reported by independent observers, other observers who are present at their PECs are often workers of the enterprises where members of the respective PECs work, and are subordinated to certain members of the PECs outside the electoral process.
08.10.2015 Maladziečna: BCD observer made to quit for fear of dismissal
As reported by the deputy coordinator of the organizing committee of the party Belausian Christian Democracy in the Minsk region Raman Hancharou, pressurization of the members of the organizing committee who participate in the election observation is going on in Maladziečna.
07.10.2015 Report on the results of monitoring of the second day of early voting at the elections of President of the Republic of Belarus in 2015
The early voting started at the elections of President of the Republic of Belarus started on October 6 in conformity with the Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus.
07.10.2015 Two observers get deprived of accreditation
As reported by the movement “For Freedom”, Piatro Markelau, an observer of the Movement "For Freedom" from the campaign "Right to Elect" has been deprived of accreditation.
07.10.2015 Results of expert examination of “Viasna” report on situation of human rights in Belarus for 2014 still unknown after six months
March 13, 2015, Ašmiany customs officers seized more than 40 copies of the brochure “Situation of Human Rights in Belarus in 2014. Review-Chronicle” from the Smarhoń human rights activist Ales Dzerhachou while he was crossing the border.
07.10.2015 Baranavičy: discrepancy in number of voters on October 6 is 104 persons
As a result of the first day of early voting at polling station No. 20, located in school No. 15, Hayavaya Str., 15 in Baranavičy, there was discovered a large discrepancy in the number of the voters who allegedly cast their votes. In the final protocol that was hanged out by the precinct election commission at 7 p.m. on October 6, this number was 143 persons, whereas indepdendent observers counted only 39.
07.10.2015 Belarusian Embassy in Germany doesn't care for human rights
Activists of Amnesty International tried to pass to the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Germany several hundred postcards with the demands to respect human rights. However, the embassy refused to accept them. The action is dated to the upcoming presidential elections.
07.10.2015 Workers of enterprises and dwellers of hostels are forced to vote early
On the very first day of early voting, October 6, “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” started getting reports from concerned citizens, who register violations of the electoral legislation.
07.10.2015 Brest: UCP activist to be dismissed from work after participation in electoral campaign
A member of the United Civil Party who had actively collected signatures for the nomination of the UCP Chairman Anatol Liabedzka as a candidate for presidency, has received a notice from the Brest Electromechanical Plant that her labor contract would not be extended.
07.10.2015 Mahilioŭ: campaigning poster in support of Lukashenka hangs at polling station No. 42
As reported by an independent observer Nadzeya Shkadun, the campaigning poster hangs at the informational stand located inside the polling station, side by side with information about all four presidential candidates.
