20:10 Dutch TV: Alyaksandr Kazulin vs dictator Lukashenka (Video)

Mission To Minsk human rights organisation gave to the Charter’97 press center footage about confrontation between two Alyaksandrs in Belarus – confrontation political and personal. Alyaksandr Kazulin told in an interview to the Dutch TV: “There’s nothing human in Lukashenka. He released me because the Belarusian refine is trading with the West now. Lukashenka use political prisoners trade to gain maximal advantage for himself.”

18:26 Militiamen beat “Boycott” campaign participants with truncheons

Activists of the “European Belarus” civil campaign Stsyapan Lauretski and Vadzim Sakolin were arrested for posting “Boycott!” stickers were arrested in the Savetski district of Minsk at night 18 September.

17:28 No fair votes counting: only appointed members stay in election commissions

The Central Election Commission has refused to consider an issue on unlawful forming of most polling stations election commissions.

16:41 Lukashenka takes new hostages

On September 18, the Kastrychnitski district court of Hrodna began hearing of the case of recognition printed materials, seized by Hrodna border guards for some years, extremist. The trial was postponed and will take place in October after the “parliamentary election”. Lukashenka’s message to the west is clear – if you don’t recognise the “election” and my regime democratic, I will throw to prison 9 people.

14:35 “European Belarus” activists demand investigate cases of missing (Photo)

On September 16, Activists of the “European Belarus” civil campaign held an action of solidarity with families of missing vice speaker of the Supreme Council Viktar Hanchar and businessman and public figure Anatol Krasouski.

13:12 CEC didn’t dismissed complaints of UCP activists

Six members of the United Civil Party (UCP) were rejected in printing a common propaganda booklet in the form of special issue of “Narodnaya Volya” newspaper on lawful grounds, CEC spokesman Mikalai Lazavik said at the session of the Central Election Commission in Minsk.

12:59 Milinkevich meets with German leader Angela Merkel

Belarusian opposition politician Alyaksandr Milinkevich met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of a human rights conference in Berlin on September 17.

12:55 New repressions against opposition: KGB uses law on extremism

Today, on September 18, a journalist Andrzej Pisalnik, an activist of the United Democratic Party Uladzimir Laryn, young activists Yauhen Skarabutan and Alyaksei Trubkin, and a human rights activist Valery Shchukin were summoned to the court of Kastrychnitski district of Hrodna.

11:43 Most people won’t go to “election”

The biggest Belarusian portal TUT.by carries out a poll “will you go to the election?”

10:30 Ours in Jerusalem: Tzipi Livni to be Israeli Prime Minister

Acting Foreign Minister of Israel Tsipi Livni is to become a new Prime Minister. According to preliminary data, a daughter of an emigrant from Belarus received 48 per cent of the votes at the election of a new Kadima governing party.

9:49 Are most of election commissions formed illegitimately?

On Thursday a point about illegal forming of almost all precinct election commissions to be put before the Central Election Commission. Human rights activists, representatives of political parties and public associations will push for forming election commissions anew. There are many grounds for that. But the main thing, as lawyer Harry Pahanyajla explained, is that the principles of commissions forming are not in conformity with the Electoral code.

9:35 Sheiman, Navumau, Paulichenka – to account! (Photo)

Actions demanding to investigate disappearances of famous public and political figures were held in Minsk by activists of the “European Belarsu” civil campaign on September 17.