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Article: Battle to free teddy teacher ; ROW: Woman who called toy Mohammed jailed for insulting Islam
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- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- November 30, 2007
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HIGH-level diplomatic negotiations were continuing today over the
15-day prison sentence given to British teacher Gillian Gibbons for
naming a teddy bear Mohammed.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has "expressed in the strongest
terms" his concern over jailing of Mrs Gibbons by a court in Sudan.
Mrs Gibbons, 54, was found guilty of insulting Islam, her defence
lawyers said, but escaped conviction on a more serious charge of
inciting hatred, which could have earned her 40 lashes, a fine and a
six-month jail term.
She is expected to serve her term at Omdurman women's prison near
Khartoum before she is deported to the UK. Mr Miliband summoned the
Sudanese ambassador, Omer Siddig, to explain ...