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                   Sudanese Christian Woman to Be Freed Again

   by VOA News

   Days after her death sentence on charges of apostasy was overturned, a
   Sudanese Christian woman who subsequently was detained on suspicion of
   forged travel documents is expected to be released soon.

   Meriam Yahya Ibrahim had been taken into custody Tuesday at the airport
   in Khartoum, Sudan, while attempting to fly to the United States with
   her American-born husband and their two young children, a day after an
   appeals court overturned a lower court's death sentence. Ibrahim had
   been sentenced in May to be hanged for refusing to abandon her
   Christian faith, having converted from Islam to marry her Christian
   husband. The case drew international attention.

   Sharif Ali Sharif, an attorney for the 27-year-old Ibraham, told VOA
   that she would be released from detention in Khartoum as soon as she
   had posted bail. Sudanese authorities had detained her after alleging
   she had a falsified passport.

   A U.S. State Department representative said Thursday that Ibrahim had
   the appropriate documents to travel to the United States, Reuters
   reported.

   "It's up to the government of Sudan to allow her to exit the country,''
   spokeswoman Marie Harf said at a daily press briefing, according to
   Reuters. "We are in communication with the Sudanese Foreign Ministry to
   ensure that she and her family will be free to travel as quickly as
   possible.''

   Ibrahim originally was convicted of apostasy under a Sudanese law that
   states children of Muslim fathers are considered Muslim. Ibrahim, born
   to a Christian mother and a Muslim father, was brought up as a
   Christian after her father left the family. She refused to convert.

   A court also sentenced Ibrahim to 100 lashes on charges of adultery for
   marrying a Christian. Under Sudanese law, Muslims are not permitted to
   marry outside their faith.

   Ibrahim delivered the couple's second child, a girl, in late May while
   she was imprisoned.
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