On 23 March the Evangelical Reformed Church in Lithuania (ERCL) held an extraordinary Synod where 33 voting members reelected Thomas Šernas as General Superintendent for another three-year term. Rimas Mikalauskas, local pastor in Birzai, was also reelected as Vice Superintendent. Petras Puodziunas was elected as the new President of the Consistory (Church Board). A number of ecumenical guests and state [...]

Lithuania must immediately reinstate the criminal investigation into its involvement in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes, Amnesty International said in a new report published this week. ekklesia – Unlock the Truth in Lithuania: Investigate Secret Prisons Now documents developments since the authorities admitted that Lithuania hosted two secret CIA detention facilities between 2002 and 2006.