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CIA secret prison in Poland confirmed

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Video: an airport in Szymany, close to Szczytno in northeastern Poland, identified as a potential site which the CIA used to transfer al Qaeda suspects to a nearby prison. Another CIA-run interrogation ‘black site’ has been exposed after the confessions of top-ranking Polish officials blew the lid on the dirtiest secret in Eastern Europe. ­The former head of Poland’s intelligence service... 

ACTA error: Democracy not found

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Members of Ruch Palikota Party wear masks during a vote of no confidence for Health Minister Bartosz Arlukowicz in Poland's parliament in Warsaw January 26, 2012 More European parliaments are refusing to ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, claiming it violates human rights. Now, some are asking: “why it was signed in the first place?” It looks like some of the countries who signed... 

Lithuania wants compensation for Soviet-era occupation

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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis Lithuania’s top diplomat urged Moscow on Tuesday to start considering the issue of compensation for the Soviet-era “occupation” of his country. “I have encouraged Russia to open a dialogue on the joint evaluation of the past, the restoration of justice, compensation for the occupation, and problems of the investigation of crimes... 

Lithuania issues 'war crimes' warrants for three Russians

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Seven border guards were killed at Myadninkai checkpoint in 1991. Lithuania has issued European Arrest Warrants for three Russian citizens suspected of taking part in the killing of seven Lithuanian border guards and customs officers in 1991, shortly after they declared independence. The warrants for ex members of the OMON paramilitary police Andrey Laktionov, Cheslav Mlynnik and Aleksandr Ryzhov were... 

Nazi hunter fears EU recognition of Communist crimes, worse than Holocaust denial

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Efraim Zuroff European “anti-Semites” are pushing a new line “more pernicious than Holocaust denial” to denigrate the alleged murder of six million Jews, warns veteran Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff. Particularly in the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, prominent politicians are trying to persuade the European Union’s parliament to formally equate Nazi and Communist crimes as equally... 

Lithuania: Father Kills Pedophile Judge and Senior Politician

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A dad who shot dead a judge and a senior politician because they molested his three-year old daughter has become a national hero after going on the run in Lithuania. Horrified Drasius Keyds, 37, gunned down the perverted pair on Monday after police turned a deaf ear to his pleas for justice for his tortured tot. Now in hiding, Keyds has become a hero on YouTube and Facebook with hundreds of thousands... 

Anti-gay bill passed in Lithuania

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Lithuania’s Parliament has approved a censorship bill that sharply curbs the spreading of public information that lawmakers say could harm the mental, physical, intellectual and moral development of youngsters. The bill bans 19 examples of “detrimental” information that supporting lawmakers consider harmful to the development of Lithuania’s minors. The bill prohibits any... 
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