16:31 “Wall Street Journal”: “A former prison guard has ruled Belarus like a fiefdom”

Belarus -- the country known as "Europe's last dictatorship" -- has promised to hold free parliamentary elections Sunday, setting up a key test of whether a charm offensive that's earned the country a modest thaw with the U.S. and Europe is more than just public relations.

16:16 Action in Warsaw: For Our Freedom and Yours! (Photo)

An action for holding new free election and against recognition of results of the “election” on September 28 was held in Warsaw on September 27.

15:51 Action near Belarusian embassy in Moscow: “Your election is farce!” (Photo)

A picket of protest against rigging if the results of the “parliamentary election” in the country, scheduled for September 28, was held in Moscow near the Belarusian embassy on September 27.

15:21 What do commission members do at polling stations at night?

On 27 September at night, lights were burning and a militia officer was seen at polling station #474 of the Starazhouski constituency, situated in the library on Shevchenko Bulvar.

13:00 Democrats burnt their IDs of MP candidate (Photo, video)

MP candidates of the European List burnt their IDs of MP candidates near the building of the Central Election Commission in protest of rigging of the “parliamentary election“ results.

12:31 Reporters Without Borders: There has been no improvement in the media coverage of “election campaign”

International organisation Reporters Without Borders are not satisfied with coverage of the “election campaign” by the Belarusian media. The organisation concluded it after seeing the report of the monitoring conducted by the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) and the OSCE.

12:05 If we keep silent today, presidential election will be rigged, too

This is an opinion of one of the leaders of the “European Belarus” Zmitser Bandarenka.

Democratic candidates are not presented in 9 out of 20 constituencies of Minsk. The opposition calls on the international community not to recognise the “parliamentary election” legitimate and is ready to go to October Square of Minsk at 8.00 September 28 to demand new really free election.

10:47 Election boycotted in Lukashenka’s native district (Photo, video)

Observers found a “forgotten” polling station in the Shklou district, where Alyaksandr Lukashenka was born, which was absolutely solitude, there weren’t voters and observers at the station.

9:19 Whole streets of voters “get lost”

Observers in regions continue to find violations in decisions of executive commissions on formation of polling stations.