Libya police officers to face Bulgaria torture charges in medic AIDS case
Bulgarian prosecutor Nikolay Kokinov said Tuesday that he plans to file charges against eleven Libyan police officers who are accused of torturing five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor, who have been convicted and sentenced to...
Libya offers to release foreign medics convicted in AIDS trial if compensated
Libya is willing to release of five Bulgarian nurses convicted of infecting over 400 Libyan patients, primarily children in exchange for compensation, Seif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Colonel Muhamar Gaddafi , told the...
World political and religious leaders were divided Saturday in their reaction to the execution of Saddam Hussein . In a statement released from his ranch at Crawford, Texas, late Friday night Eastern Time...
Libyan leader Colonel Muhamar Gaddafi has declared that Saddam Hussein remains the legal leader of Iraq, citing the US-led invasion of the country as "a war waged against the wishes of the United Nations."...
Libya releases 130 political prisoners, including Muslim Brotherhood members
Libya freed 130 political prisoners on Thursday, among them 85 members of the Islamist opposition group Muslim Brotherhood , some of whom have been held since 1998. In 2002, the now-abolished People's Court sentenced the...
The Libyan Supreme Court Tuesday postponed its verdict until January 31 for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who had received death sentences following their convictions for deliberately infecting more than 400 children with the HIV virus [JURIST...
An influential son of Libyan leader Colonel Muhamar Gaddaffi has said that the Libyan government will soon free 131 political prisoners, and will also provide compensation to citizens who had their assets, properties or homes confiscated in...
Bulgarian, Palestinian medics appeal death sentence in Libya
Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor have appealed death sentences they received in Libya for infecting hundreds of children with HIV. The appeals court hearing the case said it would rule on May 31. The...
Libya will not execute Bulgarian medics convicted of infecting children with HIV
Seif el-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, has said that the Libyan government will not execute the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor who were found guilty by a Libyan court in May of knowingly...
