Press Release: Statement by Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner on Libyan Court verdict on the Benghazi case

On 19 December 2006 the Libyan Criminal Court confirmed the death sentence on the Bulgarian and Palestinian medical personnel involved in the Benghazi case. European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, gave this reaction:
“We simply can not accept this verdict and trust that the matter will now be referred to a higher authority. I firmly hope that clemency will be granted to the medical staff, in the same spirit of mutual respect and humanitarian compassion which characterised the intense discussions held between the European Union and other partners with the families of the Benghazi children.”

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