Libya Lifts Death Sentences in Child H.I.V. Infections
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Libya changed the death sentences of six medical workers to life in prison after the families of the infected children each received $1 million.
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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 has said it will discuss reversing the death penalty for five Bulgarian nurses convicted of infecting children with HIV if Bulgaria offers compensation.
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Libya&#39;s Supreme Court will rule on  Wednesday on an appeal by six foreign medics sentenced to death  for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus  following a report of a deal for their release.
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- The death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV have been commuted to life in prison, Libya's foreign minister said yesterday .
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TRIPOLI -- Libya's Supreme Court will rule in July on an appeal by six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with HIV in a trial that has affected Tripoli's ties with the West. "The case is reserved for a verdict on July 11," the judge, Fathi Dhan, told the court yesterday. The five Bulgarian nurses and a ...
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The World Health Organization has recommended a new treatment for HIV-positive children which researchers say can dramatically cut death rates.
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Compensation payments have been  completed to the families of Libyan children with HIV, a  spokesman for the families said on Tuesday, under a deal that  could free six foreign medics condemned to death on charges of  infecting them.
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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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A Libyan court will hear an appeal next week by five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death on charges of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus, a Bulgarian official said on Friday.
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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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Six foreign medics jailed for life in Libya for infecting children with the AIDS virus were freed and flown to Bulgaria on Tuesday, after the European Union pledged to improve ties with Tripoli.
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The United States said Wednesday it was still banking on a reprieve for six foreign medics convicted in Libya of infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus after the country&#39;s supreme court reconfirmed the death penalty against them.
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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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Death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting 438 children with HIV-tainted blood upheld.
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Top news: 13 February 2005, Sunday. Libyan families of HIV-infected children voiced willingness to negotiate passing life-time sentences on the five Bulgarian nurses who are on the death row for allegedly ...
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Six foreign medics reprieved from a death sentence in Libya after an eight-year ordeal over the infection of hundreds of children with HIV-tainted blood were facing an anxious wait on Wednesday as the world called on Tripoli to send them home.