(b) That in spite of detailed recommendations by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and dialogue between the Government and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe following previous elections, Belarus again failed to meet its commitments to hold free and fair elections, including through the arbitrary use of State power against opposition candidates, routine harassment, the detention and arrest of political and civil society activists, the obstruction of the access of opposition candidates to State media, the negative portrayal in the State media of opposition candidates and activists, including human rights defenders, and the serious shortcomings of the vote count, which lacked minimum transparency;
(b) 尽管欧洲安全与合作组织提出了详细建议，尽管欧洲安全与合作组织在以往的选举过后与白俄罗斯政府进行了对话，白俄罗斯还是再次违背了举行自由公平选举的承诺，包括对反对党候选人任意使用国家权力，经常骚扰、拘留和逮捕政治活跃分子和民间社会活跃分子，阻挠反对党候选人利用国家媒体，在国家媒体上丑化反对党候选人和活跃分子，包括人权维护者，缺乏起码透明度的计票方法有严重缺陷；