The President of the Sudan announced that he has shown mercy and will pardon Gillian Gibbons, the teacher at the center of the Mohammad Teddy bear case.
To show just how out of touch the country is, Omar al-Bashir explained that the move would garner “international goodwill.” With people carrying swords in the street calling for her death and a legal system that criminally punishes teachers for names that their young children give stuffed animals, it is a bit late for goodwill. Nevertheless, with the major litigation over the teddy bear over, perhaps Omar al-Bashir can tackle that little issue of genocide and organized rape in Darfur.
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