title: Pardon granted to health care workers  sentenced to death by Libyan court.
abstract: On 24 July 2007, five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death in Libya for intentionally infecting children with HIV were extradited to Bulgaria and pardoned by Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ashton
mesh_terms: D003643:Death; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008002:Libya