Everyone at TMP would like to congratulate Lord Ahmed (left) and Baroness Warsi (right) on securing the release of British primary school teacher, Gillian Gibbons, jailed last week in Sudan for allowing her class of school children to name a teddy bear Muhammad.

Ahmed and Warsi led a British delegation that held talks with Sudanese President al-Bashir, who subsequently pardoned Gibbons yesterday.

Commenting on her release at Heathrow today, Gibbons said:
“I would like to thank Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi and I would like to thank all the people who have worked so hard to secure my release and make my time more bearable.”

The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said:
“I applaud the particular efforts of Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi in securing her freedom. I am also grateful to our officials for all their work behind the scenes.”