Press conference on the results of the parliamentary election in Belarus

When: Tuesday, 13. September 2016 12:00 – 14:00
To: Tuesday, 13. September 2016
Where: Vilnius, Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House
Contact: (belarus@humanrightshouse.org)

During the press conference representatives of the campaigns “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”, “Right to Choose-2016” and Electby will talk about the results of the parliamentary election observation in Belarus, analyze the political implications of the election and answer the questions.

Language of the press conference: Belarusian and Russian with English translation.

Live broadcast of the press conference will be available at:             http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hrhbelarus

For more information, contact: belarus@humanrightshouse.org or call +370 5 212 7703.

Read more about the initiatives, that will take part in the press conference:

Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections (http://elections2016.spring96.org): campaign for the election observation which is carried out by the Human Rights Center “Viasna” and the RHRPA “Belarusian Helsinki Committee”. The campaign is aimed at evaluating the election process from the viewpoint of the Belarusian electoral 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 campaign and results of observation.

“Right to Choose-2016” (http://pvby.org): campaign for the election observation which unites eight organizations: Belarusian People’s Front (BPF Party), Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), Belarusian Social-Democratic Party (Hramada), Movement “For Freedom”, the United Civic Party of Belarus (UCPB), “The Greens” Belarusian party, organizing committee of the Party of Freedom and Progress (PFP), Belarusian Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry (REI). The main aim of the campaign is to protect the real will of the citizens, through the prevention of violations of the law at all stages of the election campaign, recording of the violations and responding to them promptly.

Electby.org (http://www.electby.org): an open platform, the main function of which is collecting reports about the election campaign from the citizens and their automatic visualization on the map of Belarus.

Please confirm your participation until 12 September inclusive, via e-mail: belarus@humanrightshouse.org