19:19 For observers’ note: Student forced vote early

Al student of High Tourism School of Belarusian State University are ordered to vote early at the “parliamentary election”.

16:27 Authorities don’t investigate cases of missing people: proofs submitted to UN (Video, photo)

Famous human rights activist Aleh Vouchak submitted materials to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, proving the Belarusian authorities refuse to give to the public true information about investigation of high-profiled cases of disappearances of opposition leaders and a journalist in Belarus.

14:58 World culture figures against forceful disappearances in Belarus (Photo)

A performance about famous people, kidnapped in Belarus, was shown by Belarus Free Theatre in Rotterdam and started an international action of culture figures in support of UN Convention against enforced disappearances.

14:30 Paval Sevyarynets: “Voting today is deceit of Belarusian people”

One of the leaders of the Belarusian Christian Democratic movement Paval Sevyarynets talks on Radio Svaboda about whether the Belarusians should vote or not.

14:21 Alyaksandr Dabravolski: “it can evoke logic suspicion that rigging is being prepared

“In the conditions, when it is impossible to print election materials and inform the electorate about my programme, I find it impossible to run in this “election”. It was the last drop. We offered a candidate to each polling station lection commission, but none of them was included. It evokes logic suspicion that rigging are being prepared,” deputy head of the United Civil Party Alyaksandr Dabravolski told in an interview to the Charter’97 press center.

Five MP candidates, representing the United Civil Party, have stopped running in the “election campaign”. Among them are Stanislau Bahdankevich, Valyantina Palyavikova, Hanna Yahorava, Katsyaryna Malasaeva, and Alyaksandr Dabravolski. Head of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka decided to run in the “election” to the end.

11:51 "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”.

11:39 Minsk organisation of BPF party withdraws from “election”

A session of the city organisation of BPF party has taken place in Minsk. The session decided party members must withdraw from the “election” before the beginning of voting – September 23.

10:58 Henadz Karpenka would have marked 59th birthday September 17

Vice speaker of the 13th Supreme Couincil of Belarus died in unclear circumstances of cerebral hemorrhage on April 6, 1999.

10:20 KGB considers “Svaboda” newspaper to be extremist

Head of the Hrodna region KGB directorate goes to law “in the interests of the state” asking to recognise an issue of unregistered “Svaboda” newspaper extremist.