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HIV medics to get Libya verdict HIV medics to get Libya verdict
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A Libyan court will deliver its verdict on 19 December on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting Libyan children with HIV.A Libyan court will deliver its verdict on 19 December on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting Libyan children with HIV.
Judge Mahmoud Haouissa made the announcement at the Tripoli court hearing the retrial that began in May.Judge Mahmoud Haouissa made the announcement at the Tripoli court hearing the retrial that began in May.
An initial trial condemned the medics to death in 2004, but the Libyan Supreme Court overturned the verdicts.An initial trial condemned the medics to death in 2004, but the Libyan Supreme Court overturned the verdicts.
The defendants are accused of knowingly infecting more than 400 children with HIV in the eastern town of Benghazi.The defendants are accused of knowingly infecting more than 400 children with HIV in the eastern town of Benghazi.
The medics say that they were tortured into giving false confessions.The medics say that they were tortured into giving false confessions.
The first trial lasted almost six years, and the medics have been in jail since 1999.The first trial lasted almost six years, and the medics have been in jail since 1999.
They say the children were infected through poor hygiene.They say the children were infected through poor hygiene.