Freed Bulgarian nurses thank France at anniversary reception

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

SOFIA (AFP) — Six Bulgarian medics freed a year ago after almost a decade jailed in Libya on AIDS and misconduct charges formally thanked France and its then first lady Monday, for showing they are "not forgotten."

"France is the symbol of our freedom," nurse Kristiana Valcheva said during a meeting with France's ambassador to Bulgaria, Etienne de Poncins.

"The name of Cecilia Sarkozy is a symbol for us," she added, referring to the former wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who helped negotiate the the medics' release last July.

Five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian-born doctor spent over eight years in a Libyan jail, most of it on death row, on charges of infecting 438 children with AIDS-tainted blood, but always maintained their innocence....

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