AL FAJER FILE PHOTO Meriam Ibrahim holds her newborn daughter Maya alongside her 20-month-old son Martin in her Sudanese prison cell
By Nima Elbagir
(CNN) — A Sudanese woman who had been sentenced to death because she declined to renounce her Christian faith has been freed, her lawyer said Monday.
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, reunited with her husband after getting out of custody, said her lawyer, Mohaned Mustafa El-Nour. An appeals court found that an initial judgment against her was faulty, he said.
He declined to elaborate.
Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith, and sentenced to die by hanging in May while she was eight months pregnant. In addition to the death sentence, the court convicted her of adultery and sentenced her to 100 lashes.
Ibrahim gave birth to a girl in a prison in the capital of Sudan last month, two weeks after she was sentenced to 100 lashes and to die by hanging.
Her husband, Daniel Wani, uses a wheelchair and “totally depends on her for all details of his life,” her lawyer said.
Read more at http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/world/africa/sudan-woman-freed/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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June 24, 2014 @ 9:34am – Unfortunately CNN carried a short story this am to the effect that this lady AND her husband were re-arrested at the airport when they tried to leave Sudan. Again unfortunately, does anyone find that surprising?? It appears that those favoring strict Sharia are not going to give up and will try to execute her (and her husband too) no matter what the rest of the world says. This is truly a situation in need of urgent constant prayer!