The EU has condemned as "unacceptable" a Libyan court decision to sentence five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV.
The European Commission and Finland's EU presidency expressed their shock and disappointment on Tuesday (19 December) following the announcement of the final punishment for the medics who have been in detention in the north African country for seven years.
The six were accused of infecting 426 ...
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