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Sentences in AIDS case may be reviewed

    JOHANNESBURG

    Libya may review death sentences imposed on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with HIV.

    Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelraham Shalgam said this could be possible if Bulgaria paid financial compensation to the victims and helped build an HIV/AIDS hospital.

    The BBC quoted Shalgam as saying: "If these two steps are fulfilled then we can talk about the third step, which is related to reversing the verdict."

    The sentence of death by firing squad, handed down in May, has been widely criticised internationally, with both the US and the European Union protesting the verdicts.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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