Andrei and Aliaksei Dvaretskis were detained on 22 September in Minsk for posting leaflets with calls to election boycott.

Several dozens of activists of the youth project “Election observation: theory and practice” were detained on 24 September in Minsk.

Election commissions of many polling stations of Hrodna artificially increased the turnout by adding some 100-500 votes to the real number in their final protocols.

386 votes were added by commission at polling station #31 of the Paleskaya election constituency.

A district police officer visited the address where the executive secretary of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Dzianis Sadouski is officially registered.

At one of the polling stations on Vitsebsk in two hours before the station’s closure 226 people voted at home. Thus, the voting speed made 1 person in 30 seconds.

The “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” campaign comes to conclusion that the election process was marked by serious violations of the principles of democratic and fair elections, as described in the OSCE standards and the Belarusian legislation. The election took place in the atmosphere of political persecution and repression of the opponents of the government; this political environment, as well as the limitations at the stages of creation of election commissions and campaigning had a negative effect on the freedom to make an informed choice. Non-transparency of vote count procedure makes it impossible to state that the election results reflect the will of the Belarusian people.

On 24 September, activists of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections observation campaign are expected to hold a press-conference to present their final report on the results of election observation. The press-conference will be held at 11.30 a.m. at the central office of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.

The election commission of Minsk-based polling station No. 396 (constituency No. 102) expelled observer Viktar Bury, after he attempted to submit a complaint against the election officials.

Observer Mikalai Rasiuk (Mahiliou polling station No. 47) was forced to leave the polling station after he was accused of interfering with the activities of the election officials for merely trying to ask a question to the chairman of the election commission during vote counting.

A blatant violation was reported by the independent observer registered in Minsk polling station No. 594. The observers say that one of the pro-government observers stole an election record.

Five independent observers have been forced to leave polling station No. 449 in Minsk-based constituency No. 104, says Yury Salodkin, coordinator of the Tell the Truth campaign.

A teacher of Svetlahorsk secondary school stuffed false ballots at polling station No. 2, says local observer Leanid Bolduyeu. The observer says he has already submitted a complaint with local prosecuting authorities.

Observer Anatol Paplauny has been expelled from polling station No. 1 (Homel constituency No. 34) for taking photos of the ballot boxes.

The election officials in Mahiliou have included local penal colony in the territory of polling station, says Yury Novikau, local coordinator of the For Fair Elections observation campaign.