Declan Butler reports that the U.S. Department of State refuses to give a straight answer on its position regarding “the death penalty trial in Libya of 5 Bulgarian nurses, and a Palestinian doctor, accused of injecting over 400 children with HIV, even though the verdict is expected next Tuesday.” Also, Butler links to videos of a Geneva press conference on the Libya HIV trial.
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Would Mesieur Kaddáfí, please, appeal to the otherwise impartial court that those medics be released.
KamilK