On July 24, 2007, 5 Bulgarian nurses and 1 Palestinian doctor, who were unjustly accused of infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus, were freed by the Libyan government. Being accused of injecting the children with contaminated blood that they brought with them, they were confined in prison for 7 years, spending most of the time on death row. This was not only preposterous but also impossible as the particular strain of the AIDS virus had been found in Libya 2 years prior.In the September to October 2005 issue of Clinics in Dermatology, Nikolai Tsankov, MD, PhD, and Audrey Kehayov, MD, called attention to this horrible situation. We appreciate the efforts of these physicians for pointing out to our readers this flagrant violation of human rights. The Bulgarian Medical Association presented the honorary sign of the association to Lawrence Charles Parish, MD, Editor-in-Chief, on behalf of the editors and editorial board of Clinics in Dermatology on October 19, 2007, in Sofia, Bulgaria, in recognition of the help provided by the publication. We thank the authors for their contribution.
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机译：2007年7月24日，利比亚政府释放了5名保加利亚护士和1名巴勒斯坦医生，他们被不公正地指控以艾滋病病毒感染利比亚儿童。由于被指控向孩子们注射他们带来的带血血液，他们被关在监狱里长达7年之久，大部分时间都花在死囚牢房上。这不仅是荒谬的，而且是不可能的，因为2年前在利比亚发现了艾滋病毒的特定株。在2005年9月至2005年9月的《皮肤病诊所》中，医学博士Nikolai Tsankov和医学博士Audrey Kehayov提请注意这种可怕的情况。我们感谢这些医生为我们的读者指出这种公然侵犯人权的努力。保加利亚医学协会于2007年10月19日在保加利亚索非亚代表皮肤病诊所的编辑和编辑委员会向总编辑劳伦斯·查尔斯·帕里斯（Lawrence Charles Parish）医师颁发了该协会的荣誉标志。出版物提供的帮助。我们感谢作者的贡献。
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