Two British Muslim politicians said on Sunday that they hoped to meet Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to obtain an early release of the British teacher who was jailed for allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear Mohammad.

According to defense lawyer Kamal al-Jazouli, Gillian Gibbons who received a sentence to spend 15 days in jail in Sudan, was being held in a clean prison and was in good spirits when he visited her on Sunday.

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said: "I'm still hopeful....I understand the cultural and religious sensitivities around Islam, but as a British woman I have huge concerns for Gillian," Reuters reports.

"I just hope that we can continue presenting the case for Gillian and reach an early resolution," she continued.

"This is a huge issue and we must remain optimistic and hopeful that we can resolve it as early as possible."

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and Lord Nazir Ahmed are members of Britain's upper house of parliament, who were in Khartoum at the initiative of Muslim parliamentarians in Britain to secure Gibbons' release.

They were waiting on Sunday to meet Bashir on Sunday, but according to presidential sources there was no meeting scheduled on Sunday.  

Embassy spokesman, Omar Daair, said: "We are working closely with Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi because we think their initiative has the best chance of success. We are still pressing very hard for a meeting with the president,” the Associated Press informs.

Jazouli said that Gibbons was being held in a private jail, well guarded and that she will be sent to Omdurman women's prison, a basic prison.

He said: "It is clean, well-guarded ... and she came to me smiling if a little bit sad. She said she was sad because she never imagined her stay in Sudan would end up like this. She loved her pupils very much and they loved her. She said she would miss them when she goes outside Sudan."

On Friday hundreds of Muslims gathered on the streets many of them waving guns and swords, calling for her death. Due this incident Gibbons lawyers refused to say where she was kept.

She was arrested last Sunday for insulting Islamic religion when she allowed her class to name the teddy bear Mohammad, like the Islamic prophet, as part of an exercise. She sent letters to parents saying that the children will come home on weekends with the teddy bear. Two months later a secretary handed the letter to Sudan's Ministry of Education.

On Wednesday she was accused with insulting religion, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs and sentenced to 15 days in jail and deportation.

She escaped a harsher punishment. She could have received 40 lashes, six months in prison and a fine.