Libya was hindering progress in the trial of the five Bulgarian nurses charged with intentional HIV infection on every step, Lawyers Without Borders representative and member of the Bulgarians’ defence team Emmanuel Altit said.

The defence was doing its best to help the Bulgarians who already spent seven years in Libyan prison, Altit said.

The Bulgarians were in poor physical and mental condition, Altit said. Prosecution once again demanded the confirmation of the death sentences but the lawyers were going to do their best to produce a positive outcome, said he.

Lawyers were working in two directions, Altit said quoted by Focus news agency. One was purely legal and the other was more political and involved awareness to the case and providing information to the international community.

The latest court sitting occurred on September 12. Prosecution presented unseen footage of the search in the house of nurse Kristiana Vulcheva. According to the prosecution the main evidence of guilt, empty blood banks, was found during that search.