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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. |
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