Journalist Volha Bykouskaya Barred From Meeting of Election Commission in Minsk

Vol­ha Byk­ouskaya says, the com­mis­sion demand­ed  accred­i­ta­tion papers from her, and asked her to leave the room not even both­er­ing to see her press card. She says, the inci­dent to her, all this hap­pened in front of elec­tion observers.

The jour­nal­ist appealed to the Cen­tral Elec­tion Com­mis­sion, which respond­ed that Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists do not need any accred­i­ta­tion. 

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists con­tact­ed the Dis­trict Elec­tion Com­mis­sion # 107 for expla­na­tions. The Com­mis­sion rep­re­sen­ta­tives claimed that the jour­nal­ist had been asked to show her press card, and failed to do that.

Mean­while, the Com­mis­sion con­firmed that a press card was the only thing required from jour­nal­ists of media reg­is­tered in Belarus.