Archive for November 29th, 2007

Gibbons Verdict

Accord­ing to the Asso­ci­ated Press, Ms. Gib­bons has been found guilty and sen­tenced to prison and depor­ta­tion. No word on whip­ping. More to come. . . Update: 15 days impris­on­ment. Update II: Accord­ing to The Daily Mail, the prison where Ms. Gib­bons is to spend her 15 day sen­tence was designed to hold 200 women, and cur­rently houses 1,500 women and chil­dren. On the other hand, Sudanese offi­cials are rumored to have started pro­cess­ing depor­ta­tion papers for this week­end, sug­gest­ing she may be sent home early. Update III: Accord­ing to Ratio­nal Jenn, Fox News, &c., pro­test­ers are demand­ing Gib­bons’ exe­cu­tion. Accord­ing to CNN, her time served [ . . . ]

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11/29
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Gillian Gibbons Update

Accord­ing to this CNN​.com arti­cle, Gib­bons had been charged under Arti­cle 125 of Sudan’s con­sti­tu­tion, the law relat­ing to insult­ing reli­gion and incit­ing hatred. Accord­ing to the Sudanese Embassy in Canada [pdf], Arti­cle 125 of the Con­sti­tu­tion of the Repub­lic of the Sudan (1998) reads: Arti­cle 125 Pop­u­lar Defense Force The Repub­lic of Sudan may estab­lish a vol­un­teer Pop­u­lar Defense Force from among the Sudanese peo­ple for national defense, to main­tain national secu­rity, or to assist any reg­u­lar forces. The Pop­u­lar Defense Force shall be under the com­mand of the National Armed Forces or the Police and shall pro­mote defense, secu­rity [ . . . ]

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2007
11/29
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