(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Jewish deputies in the Lithuanian parliament joined the protest against the continuation of the series of court martials which have followed the coup d’etat.
Representatives of the national minorities, the Jewish deputies and the Socialist deputies, left the Sejm session in a body on Friday as a demonstration against the court martials.
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