Bulgarian nurses appeal Libyan sentence
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Five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for infecting hundreds of children with the virus that causes AIDS have appealed their convictions, their attorney said Sunday.
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Bulgarian judicial officials meet Wednesday to seek the transfer from Libya of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor after their death sentences were commuted to life in prison for infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.
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Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor imprisoned in Libya eight years ago and sentenced to die for infecting hundreds of children with HIV may know this week whether they are to go free.
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For the Record: 30 September 2004, Thursday. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will intervene to help free five Bulgarian nurses on death row in Libya on a visit to Tripoli in mid-October. Washington Times ...
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- A settlement has been reached to resolve the crisis over five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya for allegedly infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus, a foundation headed by the Libyan leader's son said yesterday .
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Thousands of people demonstrated across Bulgaria on Friday to call for the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor condemned to death for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.
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SOFIA (bnn)- Five Bulgarian nurses, whom Libya has sentenced to death for allegedly causing an AIDS outbreak at a childrenâs hospital, will likely sue the Arab state for illegally arresting and torturing them, an official said Monday.
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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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Top news: 23 December 2004, Thursday. The Qaddafi Foundation has vowed to assist for the improvement of living conditions for the five Bulgarian nurses staying in Libyan prison.
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Libya on Tuesday commuted death sentences on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of deliberately infecting children with HIV, raising hopes they would soon be freed after eight years in jail.
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Libya may &quot;re-examine&quot; the death sentences handed down earlier this year to five Bulgarian nurses found guilty of infecting children at a Libyan hospital with HIV in 1998, a top Libyan official has said.
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Bulgaria welcomed a decision on Monday by Libya to reconsider executing five nurses for infecting hundreds of children with HIV, but refused a call for compensation, saying any payouts would be an admission of guilt.
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Politics: 18 October 2004, Monday. The five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya could only provisionally count on the support of the European officials, Switzerland's Neue Zuercher Zeitung reports.
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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. But the verdict may not be the final word in the case.
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Politics: 31 August 2004, Tuesday. Bulgaria's authorities are trying to speed up the transfer of the five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya from the Judeyda prison to the special building build for ...
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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.
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Five Bulgarian nurses condemned to death in Libya on charges of spreading AIDS want to sue the northern African country for &quot;unlawful arrest&quot; and torture.