[KiwiHopeful]

I had not seen news footage of the original protests, but I wonder if they were over-hyped by people in the media trying to fit the story into the 'blood thirsty Muslims' storyline.

I became skeptical because I did see a protest outside the government offices in Sudan. The news caster said 40-50 people had gathered to protest her release. It looked more like it couldn't have been more than 20-25 to me. How an original protest involving 'thousands' somehow dwindled to even 40-50 when she was released seemed suspect to me. If anything, I would have thought that the 'easy' punishment she received would have made people even madder.

That said, if someone here says, 'I saw the original report and the footage showed thousands,' I'll believe them. It's just the story as I've seen it reported doesn't quite sit right with me.