Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections

The campaign of election observation during the 2015 presidential election is carried out by the Human Right Center "Viasna" and the RHRPA “Belarusian Helsinki Committee”. The campaign is aimed at evaluating the election from the viewpoint of the Belarusian eletoral legislation and international standards of free and democratic elections, as well as informing the Belarusian public and international community about the progress of the election and results of observation.

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Strange gender balance of early voters at polling station No. 5 in Smarhoń

11.10.2015

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.

Smarhoń human rights activist Ales Dzerhachou who monitors the elections at the respective polling station, pointed that it was the first time he had seen such a high per cent of early voting, which is some 5-10% higher than the usual percent in the city.

Meanwhile, voters report about the forcing to early voting at the Smarhoń Aggregate Plant, the military unit and other state institutions.

"Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections"

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Final analytical report on the results of monitoring the 2015 presidential elections by the campaign "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections"

Election process did not meet a number of key international standards for democratic and free elections.

Human rights defenders present results of election monitoring