Lithuania blocking the truth about CIA Secret Prisons

21 October 2011 The Lithuanian authorities have yet to investigate a significant amount of information linked to CIA secret prisons in the country. The Lithuanian authorities must reconsider a decision not to re-open an investigation into CIA secret prisons on Lithuanian territory, Amnesty International said today. The announcement by the country’s Prosecutor General comes just weeks after Amnesty International issued a report with new information about extraordinary rendition flights into Lithuania during the time the sites were alleged to be operating. The organization, along…

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