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A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her religious faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC. | A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her religious faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC. |
Meriam Ibrahim's death penalty was overturned by an appeal court, the official Suna news agency reported. | Meriam Ibrahim's death penalty was overturned by an appeal court, the official Suna news agency reported. |
She is married to a Christian man and was sentenced under Sharia law to hang for apostasy in May after refusing to renounce Christianity. | |
Her husband told the BBC he was looking forward to seeing her. | Her husband told the BBC he was looking forward to seeing her. |
The death sentence for Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, who gave birth to a daughter in prison not long after she was convicted, sparked international outrage. | The death sentence for Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, who gave birth to a daughter in prison not long after she was convicted, sparked international outrage. |
"We are very very happy about this - and we're going to her now," Ms Ibrahim's lawyer Elshareef Ali told the BBC. | "We are very very happy about this - and we're going to her now," Ms Ibrahim's lawyer Elshareef Ali told the BBC. |
"They have released her... she's on her way to home," he said. | "They have released her... she's on her way to home," he said. |
Born to a Muslim father, Ms Ibrahim, 27, married Mr Wani, a Christian, in 2011. | |
She has been in jail since February, along with her young son. | She has been in jail since February, along with her young son. |
Sudan has a majority Muslim population. Islamic law has been in force there since the 1980s. | |
Even though Ms Ibrahim was brought up as an Orthodox Christian, the authorities consider her to be a Muslim | |
Her husband, who was born in South Sudan before it became independent from Sudan, went to the US in 1998 at the height of the civil war. | |
He met Ms Ibrahim in 2011 on a visit to Sudan and they were married at the main church in Khartoum. |