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International Reactions
The trials have been condemned by The European Union, it's individual member nations, and The United States.
Medical experts and scientists also disputed the convictions.

 
United States Senator Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vowed to work for the release of the accused. novinite. On September 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov vowed to work for the release of the medics on his trip to Libya in November. novinite. U.S. President George W. Bush has said ""I want them free."" One of Gaddafi's sons has admitted at least some Libyan responsibility. On December 24, 2005, it was announced that Libya, Bulgaria, the EU, and the US had agreed on a fund which may help to resolve the matter. Reuters. Yahoo!

In response to the risk of a new death penalty verdict in the current trial, international opinion has again began to mobilize. In October 2006, several scientific organizations responded with appeals, and The New York Times NY Times. and the journal Nature Nature. published strong editorials calling for a fair trial.

Quid pro quo
Although he concurred with the guilty verdict, Gaddafi proposed releasing the six medics, if quid pro quo:
the convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Megrahi, serving a life sentence in a Scottish jail, were to be released; and
US$2.7 billion compensation were paid to Libya for the care of the HIV-infected patients (the exact sum offered by Libya in compensation for the 270 lives lost in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing).http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=57381
Bulgaria refused to pay any compensation on the grounds that it would be admitting the guilt of the medics. On June 7, 2005, the European Union engaged in negotiations to provide assistance to Libya, but not directly linked to the case of the six medics.http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=57040 On August 18, 2005, Libya recommended that Bulgaria should negotiate on the amount of the payment.http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=1048104&CMP;=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 The next week, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) delegate visited Libya and saw the medics.http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=51534 On August 31, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin stated that Bulgaria would send humanitarian aid while not acknowledging the guilt of the medics.http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=72&ch;=0&newsid;=71374http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub;=124&id;=1823 On September 8, it was announced that Libya had prepared a list of 40 items (non-monetary) that should be sent as aid and that Bulgaria could supply 24 of them.http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?focus=hot&hotid;=758

Relief (and protests) over first reprieve
On December 25, 2005, Libya's supreme court overturned death sentences against the Benghazi Six, who had always denied intentionally infecting 426 children with HIV-contaminated blood. 

Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov said the court ruling ""confirmed our hope that justice in this case will prevail."" President Parvanov added: ""The unfair death sentences were reversed. …We hope that the swiftness and the effectiveness demonstrated by the Libyan court in the past days will help solve the case as soon as possible.""

US State Department spokesman, Justin Higgins, described the decision as a ""positive development since it removes the risk of the death penalty being carried out. As we have made clear before, we believe a way should be found to allow the medics to return to their home"".

The Council of Europe welcomed the decision and said it hoped the new trial will ""comply with the internationally recognised standards of fairnes