Around the World: Lithuania

Secret CIA prisons probed

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ran a secret prison in Lithuania and Al-Qaida suspects may have been held there, a parliamentary probe in the Baltic state found on Tuesday.

Talk of secret jails have been a hot topic in Lithuania and the head of the domestic intelligence agency has already resigned. US broadcaster ABC news reported in August that Lithuania was the third European country after Poland and Romania to host secret CIA jails. Some CIA staff are reported to have said the use of overseas detention centres was designed to circumnavigate US law.