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He said he was confident that the war in Ukraine would end with the victory of the free world and open a new chapter for the council.<\/p>\n<p>Duda called for the release of all political prisoners in Belarus, including journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) and human rights activist Ale\u015b Bialacki, who won the Nobel Peace Prize. Two months ago, Belarusians in Warsaw asked Duda to compile a list of top-priority Belarusian prisoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 18, BPN. Andrzej Duda has urged the the Council of Europe to make the accession of a free Belarus to the \u201cEuropean family\u201d one of its strategic priorities, the Polish president\u2019s official website reported yesterday. He also called Europe\u2019s largest human rights organization to step up pressure on the authoritarian regime of Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka. 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