Sudan pardons British teacher

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Monday pardoned a British woman teacher jailed for 15 days for insulting religion by naming a teddy bear after the Prophet Mohammed, a presidential adviser said. "She was pardoned thanks to the mediation of Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi. She will be released in about an hour," Mahjoub Fadl Badri told AFP. A Sudanese court last Thursday sentenced Gillian Gibbons to 15 days in prison for insulting religion by naming a teddy bear after Islam's prophet at the exclusive English school where she taught in Khartoum. Two British Muslim peers, Lord Nazir Ahmed and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi from the Upper House of Parliament were on Monday meeting Beshir at the Republican Palace after flying to Khartoum in order to secure a pardon... CNA