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The Libyan Criminal Court confirmed on Tuesday that it has sentenced to death five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor for allegedly infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV. The medical personnel have been in prison in Libya since the HIV/AIDS outbreak at the Benghazi hospital in 1999. They were first sentenced to death in 2004, but the court reopened the case in 2005 after international protests.

Bulgaria was first to condemn the verdict, and immediately lobbied for international support. A few hours later, EU Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said the European Union will not accept the verdict and that the case should be referred to a higher authority. Most other international authorities -- in particular health authorities -- have made similar statements over the years.

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