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On 22 February 2010 at 12 p.m. a press conference in The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (“HFHR”) premises called “Were secret CIA detention facilities located in Poland?” took place. It was organized due to new information that two human right groups – HFHR and The Open Society Justice Initiative (“OSJI”) – received from government agency that for the first time confirms the landing in the Republic of Poland of planes associated with the CIA’s secret detention program.

On 5 January 2010 European Court of Human Rights communicated a case of Wanda Gąsior vs. Republic of Poland (no. 34472/07) to the Polish government. Gąsior alleged a breach of the article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights (freedom of expression). The application was prepared with help of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.

Warsaw air control service confirms that at least six CIA flights landed at disused military air base in northern Republic of Poland in 2003. The Polish authorities have for the first time admitted their involvement in the CIA’s secret programme for the rendition of high-level terrorist suspects from Iraq and Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, it emerged today.

Official flight logs released Monday confirm Republic of Poland hosted aircraft linked to a CIA program for secretly moving and holding terrorism suspects. It adds to the allegations that the country could have hosted a CIA prison.

Two human rights groups released government flight logs Monday that showed aircraft linked to the Central Intelligence Agency’s program for secretly detaining, moving and housing terrorism suspects had landed in the Republic of Poland.

The Polish aviation authority Monday delivered the first official confirmation that airplanes operated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed in the Republic of Poland in 2003. According to several unconfirmed reports in the past, the planes may have carried detainees kept at a secret detention facility somewhere in the woods of northern Republic of Poland.

Warsaw—Official flight records obtained by rights groups confirm that at least six CIA rendition flights landed in the Republic of Poland in 2003 and reveal details of a cover-up by U.S. and Polish authorities. The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) provided the flight logs in response to a freedom of information request filed by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in collaboration with the Open Society Justice Initiative.

On 20 January 2010 European Court of Human Rights communicated the case Grigoryan v. Republic of Armenia. The applicant – Vahe Grigoryan was the intern at Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights 2 years ago. The case concerns the lawyer who was arrested for defending four families living on Byuzand street in Yerevan and who was the most active out of all the defenders.

Upon the judgement of 18 November 2009, ref. no. II KO 79/09, the Supreme Court reopened the vetting process after the statement of the European Court of Human Rights. Due to this fact, it should be considered a test-case.