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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Participant of protest action detained near Red Church in Minsk

11.10.2015

Compiling of the violation report against Ryhor Skarabneuski. Minsk, October 11, 2015

Compiling of the violation report against Ryhor Skarabneuski. Minsk, October 11, 2015

The police detained a youngster with a white-red-white flag after the end of the spontaneous protest action near the Red Church in Minsk (Niezaliežnasci Square).

The name of the detainee is Ryhor Skarabneuski. He was given charges under Art. 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences, participation in unauthorized mass event. The police detained him despite the interference of other participants of the protest actions and journalists.

The detainee was taken to a rout taxi “Sukharava-Puškinskaja” with the number shields 7тах2767, but later was let go.

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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