The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly) ( be, Беларуская сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя (Народная Грамада), Bielaruskaja Sacyjal-Demakratyčnaja Partyja (Narodnaja Hramada); russian: Белорусская социал-демократическая партия (Народная Грамада), Belorusskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya partiya (Narodnaya Gramada)) is an unregistered

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Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

that opposes the administration of President

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лука� ...

. The party is a full member of the

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History

The BSDP (People's Assembly) was established in March 1991. It calls itself the successor of the ''Belarusian Socialist Hramada'', which was founded in 1903. The party was left unregistered in 2004, when the government claimed that the reelection of party leader Mikalay Statkevich had been conducted illegally. Some party members then formed the

Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) ) , membership_year = 2019 , membership = 1,127 , newspaper = ''Adliustravannie'',''Pazicyja'' , youth_wing = Young Social Democrats — Young Hramada , colours = Red White , colorcode = , seats1_title = House of Representatives , seats1 ...

, which was registered. In

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held between October 13–17, 2004, the party did not secure any seats. On May 31, 2020, the party's leader Mikola Statkevich was arrested on his way to a rally where signatures for

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Sviatlana Heorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya (' Pilipchuk;, , ; russian: Светлана Георгиевна Тихановская, , Svetlana Georgiyevna Tikhanovskaya, , , born 11 September 1982) is a Belarusian educator and the leader of the Bel ...

were being gathered. He was sentenced to 15 days for participating in an unsanctioned protest. This sentence was extended two more times, and he was tried again on June 29 for organizing unrest.

Viasna Human Rights Centre The Viasna Human Rights Centre ( be, Праваабарончы цэнтр «Вясна», Pravaabarončy centr «Viasna») is a human rights organization based in Minsk, Belarus. The organization aims to provide financial and legal assistance to ...

called the accusations politically motivated and demanded the immediate release of Statkevich. On December 14, 2021, Statkevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Along with him,

Ihar Losik Ihar Alyaksandravich Losik ( be, Ігар Аляксандравіч Лосік, russian: Игорь Александрович Лосик, born 20 May 1992) is a Belarusian blogger and consultant of the Belarusian section of Radio Free Europe/R ...

Sergei Tikhanovsky Sergei Leonidovich Tikhanovsky (russian: Серге́й Леони́дович Тихано́вский) or Siarhiej Leanidavič Cichanoŭski ( be, Сярге́й Леані́давіч Ціхано́ўскі; born 18 August 1978) is a Belarusi ...

and three other political prisoners were also sentenced. Throughout the 565 days he has spent in detention, Statkevich was not allowed to get access to legal representation or defence and he has been denied all contact with his family.

Electoral results

Legislative elections

References

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History

Electoral results

Legislative elections

See also

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