Kristyana Vulcheva - 45, from Sofia. She is married to Zdravko Georgiev, who was also detained by the Libyan authorities but later acquitted. They have one son. Vutcheva came to Libya in 1991. She never worked with any of the other four nurses. At the time of the arrest, she was head nurse in one of the hospital's departments. According to the prosecution, banks of blood plasma infected with HIV were discovered in her house in Libya and she was a main organiser of the infections. Vulcheva made confessions that an Egyptian and an Englishmen had paid her for the infection of a thousand Libyan children. Later she withdrew her evidence, claiming that she had been tortured.

Nasya Nenova - She worked as a nurse for 16 years before going to Libya. Most of her experience was in the Sliven County Hospital where her husband is still head of the rehabilitation department. Nenova confessed that she had received money for the deliberate infection of Libyan children with HIV. Later she also withdrew her testimony.

Valentina Siropulo - 45, born in Pazarjik. She has more than 20 years of experience in the city's intensive care unit. Arrived in Benghazi, Libya, in 1998. She had never worked in hospital departments dealing with AIDS before coming to the Benghazi Hospital. Married with a son.

Valya Chervenyashka - 48, born in Biala Slatina. Married with two daughters. Her first visit to Libya was in the 80s. In 1998 she went back there to work in Benghazi Children's Hospital with Nasya Nenova and Valentina Siropulo. Chervenyashka did not make any confession, despite being tortured.

Snezhana Dimitrova - 51, born in Gabrovo. She has seven years of nursing experience in several hospitals in Sofia. Dimitrova was the last to join the other nurses in Benghazi in August 1998.

Doctor Zdravko Georgiev - Born in Silistra, where he worked in the city's children's hospital. In the 80s he worked in Mozambique. Since the beginning of 1998 he has been employed by the South Korean company Dong Ah as a doctor at a water facility in the Libyan Desert. On hearing that his wife had been arrested, he went to Benghazi and was arrested as well. In 2004 Georgiev was found guilty of currency speculation, sentenced to four years in prison and fined $500. As he had spent five years in custody, Georgiev was released immediately after the trial, but he was refused an exit visa and currently lives in the Bulgarian embassy in Tripoli.

Ashraf аl-Hadjudj - the Palestinian doctor is the number-one accused in the trial. The most serious accusation against the nurses was based on his confessions. He also later claimed that he was tortured.