Belarus closes down OSCE office after poll criticism

The former Soviet republic of Belarus ordered the shutting down of the local office of European human rights watchdog the OSCE on the 31 december 2010, after criticism of its Presidential election earlier in the same month.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Belarus rival candidates face charges http://www.europeansources.info/record/belarus-rival-candidates-face-charges/

ESO: Background information: Belarus: Presidential Election, 19 December 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/belarus-presidential-election-19-december-2010/

Deutsche Welle, 1.1.11: Belarus orders international watchdog to close its Minsk office http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14745887,00.html

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