Libya court confirms death penalty for foreign medics
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Libya&#39;s Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death penalty against six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus, but a reprieve may still be possible in the case that has dragged on for eight years.
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Libya&#39;s top legal body meets on Monday to decide whether to confirm or annul death sentences on six foreign medics convicted of infecting children with the virus that causes AIDS.
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Libya&#39;s top legal body meets on Tuesday to rule on death sentences on six foreign medics convicted of infecting children with the AIDS virus, with a compensation deal for victims set to win them a reprieve.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria - Five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for allegedly infecting children with HIV plan to seek compensation from Tripoli for illegal arrest and torture, Bulgaria&#39;s justice minister said Monday.
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A court convicted five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor Tuesday of deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV and sentenced them to death, despite scientific evidence the youngsters had the virus before the medical workers came to Libya.
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Six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV were freed on Tuesday after a "full partnership" deal between Tripoli and the European Union ended their eight-year ordeal.
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A Libyan court has condemned to death five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of spreading HIV-AIDS among hundreds of children in hospital, in a verdict greeted with shock by the international community.
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Libya's Supreme Court begins hearing the final appeal of a group of foreign medical workers sentenced to death.
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Libya's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus.
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The families of hundreds of HIV positive children in Libya received a $460 million financial settlement on Tuesday, opening the door for a state panel to free six foreign medics condemned to death for infecting them.
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World leaders expressed their outrage Tuesday over death sentences handed down by a Libyan court against five Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with the HIV ...Comment
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PARIS, Dec. 19 -- Six foreign health workers were condemned to death by a Libyan court Tuesday on charges they deliberately infected more than 400 children with the HIV virus, in a lengthy case that has set back Libya's attempts to repair relations with the United States and Europe.
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Libya&#39;s highest judicial body commuted to life in prison on Tuesday the sentences of six foreign medics who have been on death row for infecting children with the AIDS virus, an official said.
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A financial deal is reportedly reached in the case of foreign medics on death row for infecting Libyan children with HIV,
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya's Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with HIV.
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"I am calling for calmness and a little bit more patience, Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said. "We are taking and will be taking all steps to bring this whole case to an end as soon as possible and see our compatriots very soon on Bulgarian soil."  By Anna MudevaSOFIA  - Bulgaria and the European Union called on Libya on Wednesday to transfer six foreign medics to Sofia, after Tripoli lifted their death sentences for infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus.The five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor, who have spent more than eight years in jail, could be pardoned by the Balkan country's president if they are sent to Sofia under a 1984 prisoner exchange agreement with Libya.Following hectic diplomatic talks and payment of hundreds of millions of dollars to the families of 460 HIV victims, Tripoli commuted the death sentences against the six to life imprisonment late on Tuesday, paving the way for their release. Read more
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Libya's highest court said Wednesday it would rule July 11 on the appeal of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor trying to overturn their conviction and death sentences on charges of infecting about 400 Libyan children with the AIDS virus.