Balancing Act for Gaddafi in Hiv Case Realpolitik: Libya and the West Realpolitik: Libya and the West Trevor Royle On Six Foreign Medics Facing a Death Sentence
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FIVE Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor are sentenced to death on charges of infecting 426 Libyan children with HIV in a Benghazi hospital. Cecilia Sarkozy, wife of the new French president, jets off to Tripoli to try to win a reprieve. The European Commission, which has been patiently negotiating with President Muammar Gaddafi on the issue, expresses exasperation that it has been wrong-footed by Sarkozy's actions. In Paris, officials in the Quai d'Orsay are tight-lipped and prefer to discuss any other subject but the goings-on in Libya. What on earth is happening?
For all that this is one of the most bewildering diplomatic incidents of recent times, the basic facts are relatively clear- cut. In 1999, the socalled "Benghazi Six" were charged with murdering the children and then sentenced to death. Libya's Supreme Court upheld the sentences and is now set to review the case tomorrow.See the full content of this document
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Balancing Act for Gaddafi in Hiv Case Realpolitik: Libya and the West Realpolitik: Libya and the West Trevor Royle On Six Foreign Medics Facing a Death Sentence
But beyond that, little is known about what might really have happened. The defendants argued they were tortured into producing their c...
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