Rendition victim takes case against Lithuania to European Court

Headline Title: Rendition victim takes case against Lithuania to European Co 27 October 2011 Lithuania's failure to investigate its role in the US-led rendition programme has forced an alleged victim of secret detention to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights, Amnesty International said today.The case - filed today – centres on Abu Zubaydah’s allegations that he was transferred to Lithuania in 2005, where he was tortured at a secret detention facility. A Lithuanian parliamentary inquiry conducted in 2009 concluded that two secret CIA detention facilities had been prepared…

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