{"id":57727,"date":"2023-02-03T15:35:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dignity.dk\/?p=57727"},"modified":"2023-02-06T16:51:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T15:51:32","slug":"collection-of-evidence-of-human-rights-violations-in-belarus-has-outperformed-any-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/collection-of-evidence-of-human-rights-violations-in-belarus-has-outperformed-any-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Collection of evidence of human rights violations in Belarus has \u00bboutperformed any expectations\u00ab"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"57727\" class=\"elementor elementor-57727\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e3caa3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e3caa3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6477c6\" data-id=\"d6477c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bffd96a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bffd96a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>This week\u2019s two conferences in Copenhagen showed continued support from the international community for the prosecution of perpetrators of torture and war crimes in Belarus and Ukraine<\/strong><\/h4><p>\u00bbThe IAPB has outperformed any expectations one could have at the beginning, and it is still needed\u00ab.<\/p><p>Austrian international law expert, Professor Wolfgang Benedek, made this statement when he concluded an international conference in Copenhagen on Thursday. Organisers were DIGNITY along with the foreign ministries of Great Britain, Germany, and Denmark.<\/p><p>The subject of the conference was the <a href=\"https:\/\/iapbelarus.org\/\">International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB) <\/a>. The platform, led by DIGNITY, has, since March 2021, collected evidence of gross violations of human rights around and in the aftermath of the Belarusian presidential election in August 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-316c24c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"316c24c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d79b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a8d79b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7af0e1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7af0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wolfgang Benedek was the expert who, in 2020, as a rapporteur for the OSCE, wrote very critical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osce.org\/odihr\/469539\">report<\/a> on the Belarusian regime\u2019s abuses against peaceful citizens. The report was an inspiration for DIGNITY and around 20 governments to bring the IAPB into life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22a519e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22a519e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17afae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"17afae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/wolfgangbenede_en-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57825\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/wolfgangbenede_en-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/wolfgangbenede_en-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/wolfgangbenede_en-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/wolfgangbenede_en-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/wolfgangbenede_en-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">OSCE Rapporteur Wolfgang Benedek: IAPB is still needed.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc10355 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc10355\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10ab33b\" data-id=\"10ab33b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bbbf0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bbbf0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The war in Ukraine<\/strong><\/p><p>Not only Belarus was up for debate in Copenhagen during the week. On Wednesday, there was a conference on accountability for war crimes in Ukraine at the Danish Architecture Centre on the Copenhagen waterfront. The conference was organised by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Copenhagen embassies of Ukraine and the UK.<\/p><p>Danish Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen opened the conference together with his Ukrainian colleague Dmytro Kuleba, who appeared digitally on screen from Ukraine, and British Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty.<\/p><p>Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen talked about his visit to the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv earlier this week and emphasized that prosecuting the perpetrators of war crimes is \u00bbfundamental to rebuild any society after a war\u00ab.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96c3e8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96c3e8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a40e019 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a40e019\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a6b8ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a6b8ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00bbI am proud that Denmark supports this work\u00ab, said Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen, referring to, among other things, DIGNITY\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be4dd2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6be4dd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40260ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40260ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/larsloekke_en-1024x781.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57827\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/larsloekke_en-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/larsloekke_en-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/larsloekke_en-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/larsloekke_en-1536x1172.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/larsloekke_en.jpg 1725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke commended the Danish efforts towards accountability.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ac0d2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ac0d2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50a9985\" data-id=\"50a9985\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27aaacd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27aaacd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>British lawyer, Sir Howard Morrison KC, who is currently an independent adviser to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General, has experience as both defence attorney, prosecutor, and judge in international war crimes trials:<\/p><p>\u00bbInvestigations of international crimes are difficult. Especially when the war is going on\u00ab, he said.<\/p><p>With DIGNITY CEO Rasmus Grue Christensen as a moderator, IAPB head Kate Vigneswaran, Hanna Ovdiienko from DIGNITY\u2019s partner <a href=\"https:\/\/khpg.org\/en\/\">Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) <\/a>and Rupert Skilbeck, director of the international anti-torture organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/redress.org\/\">REDRESS<\/a>, discussed how to maintain focus on the victims in a war where rape and other sexual and gender-based violence are widespread.<\/p><p><strong>Experience from Cambodia<\/strong><\/p><p>Rupert Skilbeck, who spoke about his experiences prosecuting the Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia, made it clear to the gathering of government officials, diplomats and NGO representatives that prosecuting war crimes is a difficult and time-consuming discipline:<\/p><p>\u00bbNot everyone is going to get justice. And even if they do, they may have to wait 30 years\u00ab, said Rupert Skilbeck.<\/p><p>Hanna Ovdiienko from the KHPG emphasised the importance of thinking about the victims:<\/p><p>\u00bbThe focus must be on the victims and their rights and not on the crimes and the cases\u00ab, she said.<\/p><p>Rasmus Grue Christensen talked about the important role of civil society in the collection of evidence and victim support:<\/p><p>\u00bbCivil society organisations are often close to victims and crimes on the ground. They often enjoy the trust of the victims, which is crucial in obtaining evidence. And then they can often act very quickly\u00ab, he said.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ac70cb elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ac70cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37df77b\" data-id=\"37df77b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72fd6d9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"72fd6d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d725532 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d725532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Read more about Belarus and Ukraine<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dcefd1 elementor-grid-tablet-3 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"2dcefd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-57127 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/svitlana-and-tania-will-strengthen-dignitys-anti-torture-work-in-ukraine\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/Tania_Svitlana_EN-1024x648.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57129\" alt=\"Svitlana Zakrynytska (left) and Tania Sokolan are a significant contribution to DIGNITY\u2019s work in the country.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/Tania_Svitlana_EN-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/Tania_Svitlana_EN-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/Tania_Svitlana_EN-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/Tania_Svitlana_EN.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/svitlana-and-tania-will-strengthen-dignitys-anti-torture-work-in-ukraine\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSvitlana and Tania will strengthen DIGNITY\u2019s anti-torture work in Ukraine\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t18. January 2023\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Two new profiles at DIGNITY are an important link between DIGNITY in Copenhagen and the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__read-more-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/svitlana-and-tania-will-strengthen-dignitys-anti-torture-work-in-ukraine\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Svitlana and Tania will strengthen DIGNITY\u2019s anti-torture work in Ukraine\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tL\u00e6s mere \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-54919 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/victim-support-is-an-important-component-in-dignitys-new-ukraine-project\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vadim.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-48460\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vadim.jpg 715w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/vadim-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/victim-support-is-an-important-component-in-dignitys-new-ukraine-project\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tVictim support is an important component in DIGNITY\u2019s new Ukraine project\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t14. October 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Sometimes evidence collection in war zones fails to focus on the needs of the victims.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__read-more-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/victim-support-is-an-important-component-in-dignitys-new-ukraine-project\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Victim support is an important component in DIGNITY\u2019s new Ukraine project\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tL\u00e6s mere \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-47870 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-belarus category-human-rights category-legal category-news\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/when-ukraine-wins-this-war-its-time-for-change-in-belarus\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Victoria.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-48461\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Victoria.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Victoria-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Victoria-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/when-ukraine-wins-this-war-its-time-for-change-in-belarus\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t\u2018When Ukraine wins this war, it\u2019s time for change in Belarus\u2019\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t15. 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