Families of Aids children condemn release of medics

THE families of the children infected with the Aids virus in a Libyan hospital voiced outrage yesterday at the pardon and release of six medics who were flown to Bulgaria a day earlier.

“We deeply condemn and are deeply disappointed at the absurdity and disrespect shown by the Bulgarian presidential pardon,” said the Libyan Association for the Families of HIV-Infected Children.

The five nurses and one doctor were flown to Bulgaria on Tuesday and immediately pardoned by Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov. Their release was secured during a three-day trip to Libya by French first lady Cecilia Sarkozy and the European Union’s commissioner for foreign affairs, Benita Ferrero-Waldner.