Libya negotiates deal for release of doctor, 5 nurses

摘要

After 8 years of imprisonment, torture and maltreatment in Libya for allegedly infecting more than 400 children with HIV, purportedly in collusion with the CIA and Israeli secret service, 5 Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian-born doctor were released on July 24. The 6 have repeatedly denied the charges. Libya has been internationally criticized for its disregard for scientific evidence, human rights and due process. As early as 2003, published molecular and epidemiological analyses provided compelling scientific evidence that exonerated the 6. Results of 2 international reports, filed respectively by the WHO and a scientific duo hired by the Libyan government itself - including Luc Montagnier, the co-discoverer of HIV - confirmed that the outbreak was nosocomial.