The Guardian on Belarus protests: more than 600 charged and opposition leaders in jail
Ploscha coverage (Плошча, падзеi)
Presidential election in Belarus is accomplished
Ministry of Justice Threatens to Ban Party-Members of “Square-2010″
Political parties and public associations in Belarus are under active consideration of the Ministry of Justice. Parties and associations may be denied registration if senior officials make decisions about participating in unauthorized rallies and riots, the Minister Viktor Golovanov said on December 20 Read more
Key US senators denounce Belarus crackdown
WASHINGTON — Top US senators warned on Tuesday that Belarus will pay “a very heavy cost” for a crackdown on post-election protests and said President Alexander Lukashenko’s “dictatorship has no place in modern Europe.” Read more
Lukashenka’s Regime ‘Criminal and Violent’- WikiLeaks
The latest revelations from U.S. diplomatic cables leaked by the WikiLeaks website describe the government in Belarus as a “criminal regime of a violent and authoritarian nature.” Read more
Three policemen injured while attempting to stop minivan with explosives
Two vehicles with explosives were detained while heading to the Square. As police reports there were found explosives, gas bombs and other weapons. Investigation is being carried out.
Exit Poll by BCUO(БКМО)
Alyaksandr Lukashenka 81.42%
Kastuseu 3.37%
Ramanchuk 2.12%
Sannikau 1.7%
Nyaklyaeu 1.58%
Terschanka 1.12%
Rymasheuski 1.08%
Statkevich 0.96%
Mihalevich 0.9%
Uss 0.3%
‘Against All’ voted 5.45%
Exit polls by TNS-Ukraine
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has become the president of Republic of Belarus with 72.2% votes, TNS-Ukraine suggests
Second and third results shared by Sannikau and Nyaklyaeu with 6.1%. Romanchuk 3.3%.
1.5%-2% for Statkevich, Rymasheuski, Tereschenka, Kastuseu and Mihalevich
Surprisingly high rate for ‘Against all’ -5.8%
19.20 Nyaklyaeu attacked
At 19.20 ‘Tell the Truth! ‘ activists were leaving campaign’s office to participate in protest action at Ploscha. Suddenly a group of unidentified people in black attacked from behind, presidential candidate Nyaklyaeu was beaten up.
He was carried back to office, ambulance called.
Belarusians have problems accessing Google
Thus, we have been deprived a possibility to send news by mailings to our subscribers.
Many reporters of foreign mass media who have arrived to cover the election in Belarus, complain about impossibility to work with Google mail.
Attendance rate updated
According to The Central Election Commission, 75.8% out of 7.090.296 people registered to vote have attended the election as of 16.00 (GMT+2) 19 December 2010 Read more
Ploscha (Square) at 20.00 on 19 December 2010
Democratic candidates for Belarus presidency will meet the electors at 20.00 at Oktyabrskaya (Kastrychnitskaya) Square Read more
Exit poll by ucpb.org
The survey was taken by interviewing voters leaving polling stations in four cities, Minsk, Brest, Vitsebsk, Lida, on December 19, 2010 Read more
‘Lukashenka has 37% of votes, opposition candidates – 44%’- according to independent exit polls
The exit poll is conducted by Russian Agency for Effective Communication INSIDE.
As Radio Svaboda reports, as of 2:00 pm, Lukashenka has 37.8% of the votes, alternative candidates gathered 42%.
Besides, 12.4% of the respondents refused to take part in the exit poll, 6.2% voted against all candidates.
Opposition Claims Fraud As Belarus Votes For President
Belarusians are voting in an election that is expected to extend President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s 16-year hold on power by another five years Read more
Sannikau and Nyaklyaeu are leaders in signature collecting among opposition candidates
The Central Election Commission announced the data on the amount of signatures collected to nominate candidates for presidency in Belarus Read more
Heads of MFA of Poland and Germany are comming with the “European message” to Belarus
On November, 2 Ministers of Foreign Affairs of FRG and Poland Guido Westerwelle and Radosław Sikorski are to visit Belarus Read more
Signature collecting to nominate presidential candidates comes to an end
The strongest opponents of the Belarusian dictator at the upcoming presidential election have been defined. Read more
Nyaklyaeu calls for fresh start in Belarus-EU relations
Belarus and the European Union should build their relations from scratch, presidential hopeful Uladzimir Nyaklyayew told reporters in Minsk on October 28 Read more
