Sudanese woman charged with apostacy, Meriam Re-arrested, and Finally released. + She already left sudan.





NINE MONTHS IN HELL: MERIAM IBRAHIM'S LONG ROAD TO FREEDOM


2011 - Meriam Ibrahim, who was raised Christian by a Christian mother, marries Daniel Wani, a Catholic from South Sudan who is a U.S. citizen
September 2013 - Meriam is arrested on charges of apostasy and adultery for practicing Christianity and marrying Wani, a Christian. Her son is held in prison with her
May 152014 - Meriam, who is eight months pregnant, is sentenced to death by hanging and 100 lashes after refusing to renounce her religion
May 23 - Meriam gives birth to baby Maya while shackled in prison
May 28 - Mr Wani meets his baby daughter for the first time. Both children are held in prison with their mother because authorities won't release them to the care of a Christian
May 30 - U.S. lawmakers join British MPs in calling for Sudan to release Meriam, as international outcry over her sentence increases
June 1 - Sudanese officials raise hopes when they claim they are planning to release Meriam - only to dash it when other officials deny she is getting clemency .
June 18 - Sudanese authorities finally remove the shackles from Meriam's legs at the insistence of her doctors 

June 23 - A Sudanese court overturns Meriam's death sentence and orders her released from prison

Daniel Wani, Ms Ibrahim's Catholic husband, with their daughter:
 The couple's 20-month-old son was also jailed


'Barbaric': As well as the death sentence for apostasy (the crime of abandoning your religion) Ibrahim was also sentenced to 100 lashes for what the court deemed her adultery for marrying a Christian..
Meriam was again arrested yesterday at the airport, as she and her family were about leaving sudan.
the claim was that she didnt have valid travel papers. but the good news is that she has been again released and reports says that she already left sudan with her family.

U.S. State Department during a briefing with reporters in Washington D.C today said Meriam is now free, safe and secure but didn't make it clear if she'd left Sudan for the U.S, where she's expected to seek political asylum.

Sudanese officials later said they didn't arrest Meriam, that she was only detained over a “travel document issue” that was discovered at the airport but she's since been released and had boarded a flight out of Sudan today. Her whereabouts are currently unknown.


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