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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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 Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:29 am Post subject: Libya 'tortured' Bulgarian medics |
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said some of the medics' allegations were lies
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son has said the six Bulgarian medics who were imprisoned for deliberately infecting children with HIV were tortured.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi told Al Jazeera TV that Libyan investigators tortured the medics with electric shocks and threatened to target their families.
But Mr Gaddafi denied his country would face legal action for mistreating them.
The five nurses and a Palestinian-born doctor served eight years in detention before being freed by Libya last month.
The release was made possible by a deal struck in Tripoli on improving Libya-EU ties, following years of negotiations.
'Negligence'
In an interview with the Arabic news channel on Wednesday, Mr Gaddafi admitted the medics had been tortured into confessing.
"Yes, they were tortured by electricity and they were threatened that their family members would be targeted," he said. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6939216.stm |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Isn't he the same son that was saying last year (or was it the year before) that the medics should all be released? I assumed he was probably doing it with his father's tacit approval. Seemed to me very much a game between two localities, Tripoli and Benghazi. I believe the Palestinian doctor is going to try to sue. Might not have much success there, but it will be good in that it hopefuly embarrassess Libya for their use of torture. And rape. The nurses were raped as well as tortured. |
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