Halina Smirnova, Babruisk leader of the Radio-Electronic Industry independent trade union, has been summoned to local KGB department. The reasons for the expected interrogation are yet unknown.

The “Brest” regional state-owned TV channel has taken off the air the election address of Baranavichy candidate Anzhalika Kambalava (United Civil Party), who is running for Parliament in constituency No. 5.

Dzmitry Audzeichyk and Yauehn Shviadzko, activists of the United Civil Party’s Hrodna office, have been reportedly harassed by local KGB agents.

The Central Election Commission has denied registration to potential candidate nominated by the United Civil Party’s Barysau office Mikhail Vasilieu.

The Central Election Commission has dismissed a complaint against denial of registration to Slutsk activist of the Tell the Truth campaign Aliaksandr Solap. In its decision, the CEC refers to “moral grounds”.

A number of TV addresses by pro-democratic candidates have been taken off the air on state-run TV channels, observers of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign report.

Mrs. Aksana Samuilava, Mahiliou activist of the Tell the Truth campaign, is suing the election commission of constituency No. 79 after it denied her registration as a candidate for Parliament.

Piotr Baseika, activist of the initiative group of Valery Karankevich, representative of the Belarusian Popular Front running for Parliament in Krychau constituency No. 83, has been dismissed from job after his employment contract has expired.

Vasil Berasneu, observer representing the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, has addressed Vitsebsk regional executive committee with a demand to prosecute Mrs. Liubou Dziadziura, editor-in-chief of the Vitsebski Rabochy state-owned newspaper, for numerous facts of early campaigning.

The Central Election Commission has dismissed the complaints lodged by six potential candidates from Vitsebsk against decisions of local constituency election commissions that denied them registration.

Salihorsk human rights defender Leanid Markhotka has lodged a complaint with the Central Election Commission, contesting a decision by the town’s election commission No. 68 that denied him access to papers submitted by potential candidates.

The candidate registration stage showed that Belarus’ House of Representatives elections are being conducted in accordance with the same old scenario and do not meet standards for democratic elections, Viktar Karnyayenka, a coordinator of the Campaign for Free Elections, told reporters in Minsk on Monday.

Yury Novikau and Halina Lisitsyna, activists of the For Free Elections observation campaign, have lodged a complaint with Mahiliou prosecuting, executive and police authorities, appealing an incident of 23 August when hundreds of election observation materials were seized by the city police from Yury Novikau’s car.

Vital Amialkovich, observer registered in Slutsk constituency election commission No. 67, has lodged a complaint with the Central Election Commission, saying that the verification of signatures submitted to the commission was not legal.

Baranavichy observer Siarhei Housha has received a reply from the city’s police department, saying that the minutes published by constituency election commission No. 5 was a sample form, despite the fact Mr. Housha argued that the paper was rigged by the commission’s members.