The Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death last May for marrying and converting to Christianity in Sudan has been freed at last from prison today June 23 and sent to a safe house for her own protection and that of her family.
27 year old Meriam Ibrahim, married to a Christian American brought international eyes in to Sudanese law after her shocking case went viral. Her case triggered an international outcry even after she reportedly gave birth to a baby girl while in prison.
According to Sudan's SUNA news agency, "The appeal court ordered the release of Mariam Yahya and the cancellation of the (previous) court ruling". The couple's 20-month-old son was also held in prison with Ms Ibrahim and her newborn daughter.
She was only finally freed this afternoon. Ms Ibrahim's lawyer Mohaned Mostafa said after her release she had been sent 'to an unknown house to stay at for her protection and security. Her family had been threatened before and we are worried that someone might try to harm her,' he said.
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