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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Detained activists of Movement "For Freedom" released without charges

03.10.2015

In the afternoon on October 1 near the Botanical Garden in Minsk, police detained the activists of the Movement "For Freedom" Aliaksandr Osipau with the billboard of the campaign “People's Referendum” and the spokesman of the movement Volha Bykouskaya.

Volha Bykouskaya managed to tell they were being driven to the Pieršamajski District Police Department of Minsk, after which her mobile phone was disconnected. At about 7 p.m. it became known that the detainees were released without getting any charges.

"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