I don't particularly like the term "Tripoli six," but that's what the science blogs are calling them.
Short story: 6 medical workers have been jailed in Libya since 1999, where they have been tortured. They were accused (and convicted) of deliberately infecting 400 children with AIDS. The problem is, tests show that some of the infections took place as many as 4 years before they entered the country. The infections were the result of poor procedures in Libyan hospitals, not the actions of these foreign medical workers. Now, a Libyan prosecutor has called for their execution in a new trial.
Lybia supposedly wants to "normalize relations" with the international community. We (the rest of the world) are in a position we weren't in when this mess started, a position to apply pressure.
The lawyers seem resigned to losing this round, where the scientific evidence has been excluded, but will appeal to the Libyan Supreme Court. They want the Supreme Court to order new scientific testing (the Libyan system is such that the old evidence, excluded for no good reason, cannot be reintroduced).
I honestly don't know what to suggest you do, beyond spreading the word and writing your representatives in government.
Form letters and emails are ok, individualized letters on paper are much better, but make sure the problem (6 medical workers risking execution in Libya despite evidence exonerating them) and the action (pressure for the Libyans to get an independent, international scientific assessment) are clear.
