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Ianto.W. · 30-11-2007, 13:41

[quote=lancsdave;499073]They have now decided the sentence is too lenient and want her shot

Thousands of people have marched in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to call for UK teacher Gillian Gibbons to be shot.

Mrs Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was jailed by a court on Thursday after children in her class named a teddy bear Muhammad.
She was sentenced to 15 days for insulting religion, and she will then be deported.
The Foreign Office was in contact with Sudan's government overnight and is due to repeat demands for her release.
The marchers took to the streets after Friday prayers to denounce the sentence as too lenient. Cecil Rhodes once stated ''you cantake the native out of the bush, but you can not tke the bush out of the native'' .

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Ianto.W. Resting in peace Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Accrington Posts: 2,246 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 63	Re: A Teddy Bear Called ............... [quote=lancsdave;499073]They have now decided the sentence is too lenient and want her shot Thousands of people have marched in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to call for UK teacher Gillian Gibbons to be shot. Mrs Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was jailed by a court on Thursday after children in her class named a teddy bear Muhammad. She was sentenced to 15 days for insulting religion, and she will then be deported. The Foreign Office was in contact with Sudan's government overnight and is due to repeat demands for her release. The marchers took to the streets after Friday prayers to denounce the sentence as too lenient. Cecil Rhodes once stated ''you cantake the native out of the bush, but you can not tke the bush out of the native'' .