The European Parliament will soon consider a draft resolution on relations with Belarus. In view of non-democratic character of the “parliamentary elections” in Belarus, the draft resolution doesn’t say about lifting the sanctions against the Belarusian regime.
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PICTURES FROM PROTEST ACTION IN MINSK
Please see pictures from protest action in Minsk against falsification of “parliament elections” that took place yesterday night. About 2000 protesters showed up in center of Minsk.
“European Belarus” activists beaten up during detention
Activists of the civil campaign “European Belarus” who were detained yesterday before the protest rally against rigged results of the parliamentary ”election” are released. There were three of them, not five as earlier reports said: Paval Kuryanovich, Kanstantsin Ivanou and Marta Majseenka. Kuryanovich and Majseenka were beaten during detention. Flags of European Union confiscated.
Statement of civil campaign European Belarus
In spite of all assurances of the authorities to carry out fair election, another electoral farce was held in Belarus.
Democratic candidates, members of their initiative teams, activists of civil campaigns felt constant pressure and repressions during the election campaign.
Sunday Telegraf: Belarus election diary: “free and fair” elections
Mr Lukashenko, “Europe’s last dictator”, has organized new elections which he promises will be “free and fair”.
‘Last dictator’ caught between east and west
Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, revels in his notoriety. Lucky are those, he says with a smile, who get to meet and sit down at a table with “the last dictator in Europe”. It is a sign of the 54-year-old Belarusan leader’s defiance of western political rules that he is ready to turn this epithet into a joke. It is also a measure of his confidence. After 14 years in power, he faces few internal challenges, in spite of a parliamentary election due at the end of the month.
Candidates for “members of parliament” brutally beaten up in Minsk
On September 16, on the Day of Solidarity, a rally dedicated to the anniversary of abduction of opposition leaders Viktar Hanchar and Anatol Krasouski was disbanded. Riot policemen have brutally beaten up the candidate for “parliament” “deputies”, including the leader of the United Democratic Party Anatol Lyabedzka, a deputy chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front Party Vintsuk Vyachorka and his son, a youth leader Franak Vyachorka and others. Riot policemen tore European and national flags.
EU makes re-engagement with Belarus conditional on parliamentary elections
The European Union will evaluate the situation in Belarus in the light of the nation’s September 28 parliamentary elections and of the progress made in embracing the values of democracy and human rights, said EU foreign ministers in conclusions on Belarus adopted at an External Relations Council meeting in Brussels on September 15.
Vondra: Czechs against immediate lifting of sanctions on Belarus
Brussels, Sept 15 (CTK) – The Czech Republic would not support an immediate lifting of the sanctions against Belarus that the EU imposed in the past, Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra said in Brussels Monday.
There isn’t smell of liberalization in the air at all. Does Sikorski know about that?
A document has been received by the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, which confirms that on the eve and on the day of “elections” the regime is preparing repressive measures against the opposition.