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Gillian Gibbons is a teacher who was arrested in Sudan for insulting Islam when she allowed her class to name their classroom teddy bear 'Mohammed'.
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Fast Facts:
- Age: 54
- Hometown: Liverpool, England
- Teacher at: Unity School, Khartoum
- Sentenced to 15 days in Jail, then deportation
- Pardoned on December 3, 2007
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Gillian Gibbons News
- Google News: Gillian Gibbons
- FOXNews: Britain's Teddy Bear Teacher Seeks Job in China (January 1, 2008)
- "I know I'm the most notorious teacher in the world at the moment, but I'm hoping that perhaps no one has heard of me there."
- CNN.com: Toy row teacher speaks of ordeal (December 4, 2007)
- Asked if she had been shocked by the punishment handed out to her, Gibbons said: "I am just an ordinary, middle-aged, primary school teacher. I went there to have a bit of adventure and got a bit more than I bargained for."
- CNN.com: Teddy row teacher leaves Sudan (December 3, 2007)
- Liverpool Echo: Gillian Gibbons freed in Sudan (December 3, 2007)
- Breitbart.com: Calls in Sudan for Execution of Briton (November 30, 2007)
- An angry mob of thousands of Sudanese armed with clubs, knives, and axes, gathered in a central square to demand Gillian Gibbons' execution.
- Times Online: A nod but no wink: ruling to appease protesters on street (November 30, 2007)
- "The verdict on Gillian Gibbons looks like something of a fudge. Before Friday prayers the Sudanese Government can tell protesters that the schoolteacher has been found guilty and punished, and will be deported within two weeks"
- SKY News: Talks Over Teacher Gillian Gibbons' Teddy Bear Arrest (November 27, 2007)
- BBC News: Sudan 'could free teacher soon' (November 27, 2007)
- CNN.com: Teacher charged in teddy bear case (November 27, 2007)
- Guardian: "School project leaves British teacher facing 40 lashes" (November 27, 2007)
- ITN video: Brit Detained in Sudan over Teddy Name (Time: 1:38)
- LiveLeak: Muslims Call for Execution of Teacher
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Gillian Gibbons Blogs and Commentaries
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- Comment is free: A silly affair (November 27, 2007)
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