Meriam Ibrahim: Sudanese Mother Sentenced to Death Is Released After International Outcry

Remember her? Sentenced to death for marrying a Christian. Due to international outcry Meriam Ibrahim,Christian and on death row in a Sudanese prison has been released on the orders of a court in Khartoum have now been released.

Meriam Ibrahim was sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery and to be hanged for apostasy after refusing to renounce her faith last month.

Mohaned Mostafa, a member of Ibrahim's legal team, said she had been moved to a safe-house "for her protection and security". He told Reuters: "Her family had been threatened before and we are worried that someone might try to harm her."

Judges have been hearing an appeal against Ibrahim's convictions for the past two weeks. Her lawyers argued that the case was based on weak, contradictory and inconsistent claims, and contravened Sudan's interim constitution. After being imprisoned with her toddler son, Ibrahim gave birth to a daughter while shackled to the floor of her cell. Wani, who has been permitted only brief visits to his family, said his wife and children were being held in inhumane conditions in Omdurman women's prison.

Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy after the court insisted she was a Muslim because her father was a Muslim, even though Ibrahim said she had been brought up as a Christian after her father abandoned the family when she was six. Her 2011 marriage to Wani was declared invalid, resulting in her conviction for adultery. After her conviction, Ibrahim was given three days to renounce her faith or face a death sentence.