Release of Gillian Gibbons

3 December 2007

Commenting on the release of teacher Gillian Gibbons, Steve Sinnott, General
Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Europe’s largest teaching union said;

“I am delighted that Gillian Gibbons has been released from prison in Sudan. Gillian is a member of the National Union of Teachers. I would like to thank David Milliband, the Foreign and Commonwealth office as well as Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi for all the work they have done to secure her release. Gillian Gibbon’s family will be looking forward to her return to this country”.