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PHR Press Releases on the Accused Nurses and Doctor in Libya

EXONERATE Pardoned Bulgarian Nurses and Palestinian Medic
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) called for the complete exoneration of the five Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian medic who were pardoned today by Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov...
July 24, 2007

Ten Major Medical and Public Health Groups Call for Release of Bulgarian Nurses and Palestinian Doctor Convicted of Infecting Children with HIV
Ten major medical and public health associations, representing hundreds of thousands of doctors, nurses, and health experts, have written a letter to Libya's Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi calling for the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian physician...
March 23, 2007

PHR Condemns Conviction and Death Sentence of Doctor and Nurses in Libya
Re-used Medical Supplies the Probable Cause of the HIV Outbreak; PHR Calls on Libya to Release Nurses and Physician Immediately; PHR Calls on US Government to Aggressively Advocate For their Release
December 19, 2006

PHR Calls on Libya to Release Nurses and Physician
PHR Calls on Libya to Release Nurses and Physician Immediately; PHR Calls on US Government to Aggressively Advocate For Their Release
December 18, 2006

PHR Notes Overturning of Convictions of Bulgarian Nurses and Palestinian Physician Falsely Accused of Intentionally Infecting 400 Children with AIDS and Continues to Call for their Immediate Release
Libya's Supreme Court has overturned the death sentences of six foreign health workers accused of infecting children with HIV...
December 27, 2005

PHR Calls for Immediate Release of Bulgarian Nurses and Palestinian Physician Falsely Accused of Intentionally Infecting 400 Children with AIDS
Libya's Supreme Court has again rescheduled a ruling on the death sentences of six foreign health workers accused of infecting children with HIV...
December 22, 2005

Death Sentence Appeal Postponed in Libya
Physicians for Human Rights has issued the following statement about the postponed appeal of five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian physician facing the death penalty after being accused of intentionally infecting more than 400 children in Libya with the HIV virus...
May 31, 2005

Bulgarian Nurses and Palestinian Physician Falsely Accused of Intentionally Infecting Over 400 Children with AIDS--Death Sentence Appeal is May 31
Physicians for Human Rights seeks the immediate and unconditional release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian physician sentenced to death in May 2004 on charges of intentionally infecting 426 children with HIV...
May 25, 2005

International Human Rights Groups Visit Bulgarian Nurses Imprisoned in Libya and Renew Call for Their Release Despite Recent Rebuff by Libyan Leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi
Physicians for Human Rights and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organizations (PHR/IHFFRO) continue to seek the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian physician sentenced to death in May 2004 on charges of infecting over 400 children with HIV at Benghazi hospital…
March 31, 2005

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