Sunday, December 02, 2007

Many in the Sudan Want Gillian Gibbons Killed ‘by the Sword’

BBC: The protests may be over for now in Khartoum but the debate about Gillian Gibbons carries on unabated.

As efforts to get her released by the British foreign office and two Muslim peers continue, opinion is divided and both sides of the argument are trying to make their voices heard.

Clearly the Sudanese Government is coming under huge pressure internally about this case.

Some now want the government to send Mrs Gibbons back to court. They believe the 15-day sentence for insulting religion was too lenient and they would like her to be re-tried.

Pictures burned

As witnessed during Friday's protest, there is a minority who are baying for her blood.

Some chanted threats against the 54-year-old primary school teacher from Liverpool.

A group of men shouted: "She must be killed by the sword." Sudanese views differ in teddy row >>> By Amber Henshaw

Mark Alexander