On 9 February 1999 the Libyan authorities detained a number of Bulgarian medics working at the 'Al-Fatih' hospital in Benghazi, and whereas on 7 February 2000 a trial against six Bulgarian nationals, one Palestinian and nine Libyans started at the Libyan People’s Court on a charge of deliberately infecting several hundred children with the HIV virus.
Uzsverot savu radikālo nostāju pret nāvessodu un norādot uz smagiem pārkāpumiem tiesas procesā, Parlaments šodien gandrīz vienprātīgi (ar 567 balsīm par, 1 pret, 7 atturoties) pieņemtajā rezolūcijā aicina Lībiju atcelt spriedumu un mudina ES Padomi un Komisiju panākt ieslodzīto drīzu atbrīvošanu.