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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Election officials in Hrodna invalidate 11,000 signatures for Viktar Tsiareshchanka

31.08.2015

Viktar Tsiareshchanka

Viktar Tsiareshchanka

The election commissions of Hrodna’s Lieninski and Kastryčnicki districts have found invalid all the 11,509 signatures that were handed over by the nomination group of presidential contender Viktar Tsiareshchanka. The signature sheets featured names of deceased people died, as well as the names of fictitious individuals, whose existence is not confirmed by the Department of Citizenship and Migration.

The issue of falsified signatures will be heard at the nearest meeting of the Central Election Commission. Police may open a criminal case to investigate the facts of falsifications and violations of electoral law.

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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