Jailing of Teacher is Unacceptable

Express and Echo 1 December2007

I find the jailing of the English teacher Gillian Gibbons by a Sudanese court totally unacceptable, Echo, November 30. She has been found guilty of insulting the Islamic religion for calling a teddy bear Mohammed.

I support the Islamic Human Rights Council in this country in calling for her release and I hope the faith leaders in Exeter will also condemn the sentence.

Peter Astwood
Chair, Devon Humanists