The Belarusian Labour Party (, ''Biełaruskaja Partyja Pracy'') is a

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Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

, that opposes the government of president

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making hi ...

. The leader of the party is Alaksandar Buchvostaŭ. At the last

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, 13–17 October 2004, the party was part of the

People's Coalition 5 Plus The People's Coalition 5 Plus (''Narodnaja Kaalicyja Piaciorka Plus'') was a political alliance in Belarus, that opposed the regime of president Alexander Lukashenko. At the legislative elections, 13–17 October 2004, the alliance won no seats ...

(''Narodnaya Kaalicyja Piaciorka Plus''), which failed to secure a seat. These elections fell significantly short of

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commitments, according to the OSCE/

ODIHR The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is the principal institution of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) dealing with the " human dimension" of security. The Office, originally established in 1 ...

Election Observation Mission. Universal principles and constitutionally guaranteed rights of expression, association and assembly were seriously challenged, calling into question the Belarusian authorities' willingness to respect the concept of political competition on a basis of equal treatment. According to this mission principles of an inclusive democratic process, whereby citizens have the right to seek political office without discrimination, candidates to present their views without obstruction, and voters to learn about them and discuss them freely, were largely ignored. On August 2, 2004, the

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liquidated the Belarusian Labour Party, and in 2005 some members split from the party to form the

Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) (, Łacinka: ''Bielaruskaja sacyjal-demakratyčnaja partyja (Hramada)''; ) is a banned social-democratic political party in Belarus that opposes the government of president Alexander Lukashenko ...

. The party does not have a website.

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