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Публикувано на: Вто Ное 15, 2005 12:38 pm
Libya Postpones Again Bulgarian Nurses Death Sentence Appeal
Zorka Anachkova (L), mother of one of the Bulgarian convicts in Libya Kristiana, joined a vigil in front of the Libyan Embassy in Sofia. The same was held in May when the court delayed its ruling on the appeal Nov 15. File photo (Sofia News Agency)
Libya's Supreme Court postponed once again the hearing of the appeal of the death sentences imposed on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor for deliberately infecting over 400 children with HIV/AIDS.
The new hearing will take place January 31, 2006. The hearing lasted for 2 minutes and the reasons for the delay were not immediately clear.
Bulgaria's Ambassador to Libya Zdravko Velev commented tat this was the better outcome than the confirmation of the death sentences.
Right after the news broke, Bulgarian Foreign Ministry spokesman Dimitar Tsanchev assured that the competent authorities will continue their efforts for a speedy and favourable solution of the case.
He stressed that after, years in detention, the Bulgarian nurses are at the end of their tether, both emotionally and physically.
Over 100 relatives of the HIV infected children gathered in front of the building of the Supreme Court in Tripoli ahead of the hearing, local Darik radio reported.
A Bulgarian civil committee on the defence of Bulgarian medics in Libya convoked a vigil Tuesday in front of Libyan embassy in Sofia when a court in Tripoli was to hear the death sentences appeals.
Also on Tuesday a petition in support of the medics signed by over 13,000 people will be handed to Libya's envoy to Paris.
In May 2004, Libya found the five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor guilty of having caused the death of 50 children and of infecting almost 400 others with HIV at a Benghazi hospital. The nurses were sentenced to death by a firing squad, sparkling cries of foul from Bulgaria and its allies the United States and the European Union.
International human rights groups say the five women were tortured into confessing. The United States and European governments, as well as the European Union (EU) also are stepping up pressure for their release.
The nurses originally were charged with conspiring against the Libyan state as part of a plot sponsored by the CIA and Israel's Mossad intelligence agencies - charges later dropped.
Libya has suggested the death sentences can be commuted if Bulgaria pays compensation to the families, Sofia, however, has repeatedly refuted to do so, as it would mean that Bulgaria admits the guilt of the medics.
Zorka Anachkova (L), mother of one of the Bulgarian convicts in Libya Kristiana, joined a vigil in front of the Libyan Embassy in Sofia. The same was held in May when the court delayed its ruling on the appeal Nov 15. File photo (Sofia News Agency)
Libya's Supreme Court postponed once again the hearing of the appeal of the death sentences imposed on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor for deliberately infecting over 400 children with HIV/AIDS.
The new hearing will take place January 31, 2006. The hearing lasted for 2 minutes and the reasons for the delay were not immediately clear.
Bulgaria's Ambassador to Libya Zdravko Velev commented tat this was the better outcome than the confirmation of the death sentences.
Right after the news broke, Bulgarian Foreign Ministry spokesman Dimitar Tsanchev assured that the competent authorities will continue their efforts for a speedy and favourable solution of the case.
He stressed that after, years in detention, the Bulgarian nurses are at the end of their tether, both emotionally and physically.
Over 100 relatives of the HIV infected children gathered in front of the building of the Supreme Court in Tripoli ahead of the hearing, local Darik radio reported.
A Bulgarian civil committee on the defence of Bulgarian medics in Libya convoked a vigil Tuesday in front of Libyan embassy in Sofia when a court in Tripoli was to hear the death sentences appeals.
Also on Tuesday a petition in support of the medics signed by over 13,000 people will be handed to Libya's envoy to Paris.
In May 2004, Libya found the five Bulgarian health workers and a Palestinian doctor guilty of having caused the death of 50 children and of infecting almost 400 others with HIV at a Benghazi hospital. The nurses were sentenced to death by a firing squad, sparkling cries of foul from Bulgaria and its allies the United States and the European Union.
International human rights groups say the five women were tortured into confessing. The United States and European governments, as well as the European Union (EU) also are stepping up pressure for their release.
The nurses originally were charged with conspiring against the Libyan state as part of a plot sponsored by the CIA and Israel's Mossad intelligence agencies - charges later dropped.
Libya has suggested the death sentences can be commuted if Bulgaria pays compensation to the families, Sofia, however, has repeatedly refuted to do so, as it would mean that Bulgaria admits the guilt of the medics.
но не беше толкова хубава тогава, откак стана зам.министър се е разкрасила.