(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Fifty political trials which were pending in the Lithuanian court martial were cancelled as a result of the political amnesty granted by the new government.
Among the cancelled cases was that of the Jewish Cultural League. One hundred Jews were among the 400 political prisoners released by the new government.
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