Libyan Hell For Bulgarian Sisters Of Mercy

While the Palestinian doctor had lived in Libya since age two and was educated there, the five Bulgarian nurses, some of them middle-aged, accepted employment in the North African country because of the higher wages. However, none had any idea of the savage nightmare they were to experience. In prison, all claimed they were beaten and tortured, while the nurses also said they were raped. One nurse even tried to commit suicide after an electric shock torture.

“We were left alone with those men who did everything they wanted to do,” said one imprisoned nurse, who was interviewed by Human Rights Watch. Another nurse had her shoulder dislocated when she was hung from a door, while the Palestinian doctor, Dr. Ashraf Ahmad Jum’a, was reported to have lost one of his eyes and had a hand paralyzed. All of which does not excite any moral outrage from the political left, at least not to the extent the mention of Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo Bay does.

Libyan Hell For Bulgarian Sisters Of Mercy