Tripoli’s court of appeal did not discuss the slander trial against the six Bulgarian medics, which had been previously scheduled for September 4 2007.

The court postponed its sitting due to administrative re-arrangement of the trials, Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported.

The six medics were accused of the deliberate HIV infection of more than 400 children in Libya’s Benghazi. They were sentenced to death and spent eight years in prison before their verdicts were converted to life imprisonment. In July 2007 the medics were transferred to Bulgaria under a Bulgarian-Libyan judicial agreement and pardoned upon their arrival in Bulgaria.

The confessions by the medics were the main grounds for their death sentences. The medics said that they were tortured to confess and 11 Libyan officers sued them for defamation, asking for a compensation of $23 million. Libya’s court found the medics not guilty on May 27 2007.

Six Libyan plaintiffs filed a complaint against the medics’ acquittal.

Tripoli’s court of appeal appointed no other hearing date for the trial so far, BNR said.