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(courtesy of an email sent to me by quantum_zen)
Ok, this went from surreal to scary in 24 hours.
Yesterday
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7118245.stm
"The Sudanese legal system has to take its course but common sense has to prevail," Mr Miliband said...
"Like all legal systems the judge can decide to dismiss the whole thing or that the case goes on anyway...
"Mrs Gibbons has consular support, the British embassy has one of the best solicitors in the country whom I know personally...
"There is no worry on that front at all. She will be very well represented and well treated." ...
Mr al Mubarak dismissed any suggestion that diplomatic relations had become strained, instead saying there had been "sensationalist" reporting.
Today:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7121025.stm
She was sentenced to 15 days for insulting religion, and she will then be deported...
The marchers took to the streets after Friday prayers to denounce the sentence as too lenient.
The protesters gathered in Martyrs Square, outside the presidential palace in the capital, many of them carrying knives and sticks.
Marchers chanted "Shame, shame on the UK", "No tolerance - execution" and "Kill her, kill her by firing squad".
WTF! How did this start summary:
Basically a UK teacher assigned to teach in Sudan was arrested after complaints were filed that her primary students named the class teddy bear Muhammad.
And it has pretty much snowballed since.
Ok, this went from surreal to scary in 24 hours.
Yesterday
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7118245.stm
"The Sudanese legal system has to take its course but common sense has to prevail," Mr Miliband said...
"Like all legal systems the judge can decide to dismiss the whole thing or that the case goes on anyway...
"Mrs Gibbons has consular support, the British embassy has one of the best solicitors in the country whom I know personally...
"There is no worry on that front at all. She will be very well represented and well treated." ...
Mr al Mubarak dismissed any suggestion that diplomatic relations had become strained, instead saying there had been "sensationalist" reporting.
Today:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7121025.stm
She was sentenced to 15 days for insulting religion, and she will then be deported...
The marchers took to the streets after Friday prayers to denounce the sentence as too lenient.
The protesters gathered in Martyrs Square, outside the presidential palace in the capital, many of them carrying knives and sticks.
Marchers chanted "Shame, shame on the UK", "No tolerance - execution" and "Kill her, kill her by firing squad".
WTF! How did this start summary:
Basically a UK teacher assigned to teach in Sudan was arrested after complaints were filed that her primary students named the class teddy bear Muhammad.
And it has pretty much snowballed since.
