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| Meriam Ibrahim: Sudan 'apostasy' woman freed again | Meriam Ibrahim: Sudan 'apostasy' woman freed again |
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| A Sudanese woman whose death sentence for marrying a Christian was overturned has been released from jail again, after she was detained at Khartoum airport on Tuesday. | A Sudanese woman whose death sentence for marrying a Christian was overturned has been released from jail again, after she was detained at Khartoum airport on Tuesday. |
| Meriam Ibrahim's lawyer, Muhannad Mustafa, said that she was currently in the US embassy with her family. | Meriam Ibrahim's lawyer, Muhannad Mustafa, said that she was currently in the US embassy with her family. |
| Mrs Ibrahim had been detained on charges of falsifying ID documents. | Mrs Ibrahim had been detained on charges of falsifying ID documents. |
| She was first released on 23 June when an appeals court lifted her death sentence for renouncing Islam. | She was first released on 23 June when an appeals court lifted her death sentence for renouncing Islam. |
| Her sentencing in May to hang for apostasy sparked an outcry at home and around the world. | Her sentencing in May to hang for apostasy sparked an outcry at home and around the world. |
| Mrs Ibrahim, 27, had been held at a police station in the capital, since Tuesday, when she was prevented from leaving the country along with her husband, Daniel Wani, and their two children. | |
| She had reportedly planned to travel to the US with her family. | |
| According to Reuters news agency, quoting her lawyer, Mrs Ibrahim was released on the condition that she remains in Sudan. | According to Reuters news agency, quoting her lawyer, Mrs Ibrahim was released on the condition that she remains in Sudan. |
| "Mariam was released after a guarantor was found, but, of course, she would not be able to leave the country," Mr Mustafa said. | "Mariam was released after a guarantor was found, but, of course, she would not be able to leave the country," Mr Mustafa said. |
| She has been charged with forgery relating to the South Sudanese travel document she was carrying, and accused of providing false information. | |
| South Sudan's embassy in Khartoum says the emergency travel documents were issued by the South Sudan authorities and are genuine; her husband is a Christian originally from South Sudan and holds US citizenship. | South Sudan's embassy in Khartoum says the emergency travel documents were issued by the South Sudan authorities and are genuine; her husband is a Christian originally from South Sudan and holds US citizenship. |
| However, Sudanese officials say she should have used a Sudanese passport and on Wednesday Sudan's foreign ministry summoned the US and South Sudan charges d'affaires over the issue. | |
| The ministry criticised South Sudan for issuing travel documents "despite their knowledge that she is a Sudanese national" and condemned the US for trying to help the woman leave Sudan using "illegal (false) travel document", the Suna news agency reports. | |
| Sudan's National Security and Intelligence Authority is reported to have lodged the complaint against Mrs Ibrahim. | |
| BBC correspondents say that now Sudan's intelligence agency is involved, Mrs Ibrahim's case is likely to be more difficult and complicated to resolve. | |
| Sudan has a majority Muslim population, and Islamic law has been in force there since the 1980s. | |
| Born to a Muslim father, Mrs Ibrahim married Mr Wani in 2011. | |
| Even though Mrs Ibrahim was brought up as an Orthodox Christian, the authorities considered her to be a Muslim because of her father's religion. |