Berlin, 11th February 2011: Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign presents its final monitoring report on the December 19, 2010 presidential election in Belarus.

Public presentations of the report will take place on
- 24 February in Berlin, German Bundestag, for registration click here: http://www.gruene-bundestag.de/cms/termine/dok/370/370797.belarus_zivilgesellschaft_unter_druck.html
- 17 March in Brussels, European Parliament, date and place to be confirmed.
For more information please contact European Exchange, Berlin, tel. 0049 30 616 71 464 0, email: info@european-exchange.org.

80 long term observers conducted the monitoring of all stages of the electoral campaign since September 14, 2010. Furthermore, 600 short-term observers were permanently present at 300 polling stations throughout the country during the early voting and on the election day. The report gives the campaign's assessment on the election process and provides recommendations on how the election process could be brought in line with international standards.

The campaign is a joint undertaking of the Human Rights Centre Viasna (http://spring96.org) and Belarusian Helsinki Committee (http://www.belhelcom.org), implemented in cooperation with Europaeischer Austausch / European Exchange (www.european-exchange.org). The campaign is independent and politically non-engaged.

Click here to read the full Independent Observation Report of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections.