Thousands Chant For Teddy Teacher To Be Shot

by mpress | November 30, 2007 at 08:55 am | 262 views | add comment

This will only isolate Sudan even more, maybe that is what they want. If it wasn't for the cute Teddy Bear this teacher would be in deep Sh*t. These are the same people who gave us Darfur and much of the killing in that area. It is what it is...

Thousands of people are marching in Khartoum calling for British teacher Gillian Gibbons to be executed.

The 54-year-old has been jailed for blasphemy in Sudan after naming a teddy bear Mohammed.

But the crowds are describing her 15-day prison sentence as too lenient and say she should be shot.

Gillian Gibbons escaped conviction on a more serious charge of inciting hatred, in which she could have faced 40 lashes, a fine and six months in prison.

She was expected to serve her term at a women's prison near the capital, Khartoum, before being deported to the UK.

Britain has expressed "in the strongest terms" its concern at the verdict and Foreign Secretary David Miliband summoned the Sudanese ambassador. He also spoke to the Sudanese Acting Foreign Minister.