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| Sudan 'apostasy' woman Meriam Yahia Ibrahim flies to Italy | Sudan 'apostasy' woman Meriam Yahia Ibrahim flies to Italy |
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| A Sudanese woman who was spared a death sentence for renouncing Islam has flown to Italy after more than a month in the US embassy in Khartoum. | A Sudanese woman who was spared a death sentence for renouncing Islam has flown to Italy after more than a month in the US embassy in Khartoum. |
| Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and her family flew on an Italian government plane, accompanied by Italian minister Lapo Pistelli. | Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and her family flew on an Italian government plane, accompanied by Italian minister Lapo Pistelli. |
| Her father is Muslim so according to Sudan's version of Islamic law she is also Muslim and cannot convert. | Her father is Muslim so according to Sudan's version of Islamic law she is also Muslim and cannot convert. |
| She was raised by her Christian mother and says she has never been Muslim. | She was raised by her Christian mother and says she has never been Muslim. |
| Mr Pistelli, Italy's vice-minister for foreign affairs, posted a photo of himself with Mrs Ibrahim and her children on his Facebook account as they were about to land in Rome. | Mr Pistelli, Italy's vice-minister for foreign affairs, posted a photo of himself with Mrs Ibrahim and her children on his Facebook account as they were about to land in Rome. |
| "Mission accomplished," he wrote. | |
| Mrs Ibrahim's husband, Daniel Wani, also a Christian, is from South Sudan and has US nationality. | |
| Their daughter Maya was born in prison in May, shortly after Mrs Ibrahim was sentenced to hang for apostasy - renouncing one's faith - sparking global outrage. | Their daughter Maya was born in prison in May, shortly after Mrs Ibrahim was sentenced to hang for apostasy - renouncing one's faith - sparking global outrage. |
| Under intense international pressure, her conviction was quashed and she was freed in June. | Under intense international pressure, her conviction was quashed and she was freed in June. |
| She was given South Sudanese travel documents but was arrested at Khartoum airport, with Sudanese officials saying the travel documents were fake. | |
| These new charges meant she was not allowed to leave the country but she was released into the custody of the US embassy in Khartoum. | |
| Last week, her father's family filed a lawsuit trying to have her marriage annulled, on the basis that a Muslim woman is not allowed to marry a non-Muslim. |