The two members of the House of Lords were set to arrive in Khartoum about 5 a.m. Saturday -LRB- 9 p.m. Friday ET -RRB- , Time magazine reporter Sam Dealey told CNN , citing British and Sudanese sources . They will meet with government ministers and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , he said . Sources close to the British government and the Republican Palace in Sudan say it is expected that a deal will be reached , and Gibbons will be released , Dealey said . Visas for the two , he said , were granted `` in record time ... by Sudanese standards . '' Friday 's demonstrations began as worshippers spilled out of mosques in the capital after Friday prayers . They marched to the palace , which is on the same street as Unity High School , where Gibbons taught grade school students . Those who named the bear were 7 years old . A heavy police presence was maintained outside the school , but no demonstrators were there . Watch men brandish knives , shout '' Armed with swords and sticks , the protesters shouted : `` By soul , by blood , I will fight
KHARTOUM , Sudan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of angry protesters , some waving ceremonial swords from trucks equipped with loud speakers , gathered Friday outside the presidential palace to denounce a teacher whose class named a teddy bear `` Mohammed '' -- some calling for her execution . An undated amateur photo of Gillian Gibbons , who has been found guilty of insulting religion . The protesters , which witnesses said numbered close to 1,000 , swore to fight in the name of their prophet . Gillian Gibbons , 54 , was given 15 days in jail late Thursday after she was convicted of insulting religion . She was cleared of charges of inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs , her lawyer , Ali Ajeb , said . Ajeb said they planned to appeal the sentence , which begins from the date she was detained , Nov. 25 . Including Friday , she has 10 more days in jail . British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was `` extremely disappointed '' that the charges were not dismissed . Meanwhile senior British lawmakers were en route to Khartoum to try to secure Gibbons ' early release .