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Tuesday, June 08, 2004On May 6, the six defendants were sentenced to death by firing squad -- with a 60-day period to launch an appeal -- in a trial observers say flew in the face of human rights in every respect. Nine Libyan health workers also charged in the case were acquitted the same day. ...The defendants were tortured daily for the first three months of their captivity in efforts to elicit confessions -- torture that included electric shocks, being threatened by barking dogs, falaqa (beatings on the sole of the feet), suspension above the ground by their arms for hours on end, and in the case of two nurses, rape. The charge? That they infected almost 400 children with HIV. How could over 400 children become infected with HIV? The same way many in Africa become infected with HIV: The infections were an inevitable outcome of inadequate equipment, unskilled staff and the reuse of unsterilized needles. posted by Sydney on 6/08/2004 08:53:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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