iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Sudanese woman who had been sentenced to death was released on bail, the U.S. State Department confirmed on Thursday.
Meriam Ibrahim, 27, was held for two days at a police station in Khartoum. On Thursday, the U.S. State Department confirmed that she had been released on bail.
Ibrahim and her family are reportedly in a safe location.
The issue is over Ibrahim’s travel documents — Sudan alleges that she forged them — but State Department spokes. Marie Harf would not confirm whether or not Ibrahim had been issued a visa to visit the United States.
Harf added that U.S. officials are also with Ibrahim and her family and that the American chargé d’affaires had been summoned to meet with the Sudanese Foreign Ministry over the arrest.
Ibrahim’s case attracted worldwide attention when she was arrested while pregnant with her second child. Sudan’s Islamic court convicted her of adultery because it did not recognize her marriage to a Christian and sentenced her to 100 lashes. It also found her guilty of apostasy for converting to Christianity and sentenced her to be hanged.
Ibrahim’s father was Muslim, but she was raised by her mother, who was Christian.
Her harsh sentences were initially postponed until after she gave birth. Her husband, who was working in New Hampshire, returned to Sudan. In the wake of international outcry, her death sentence was rescinded this week.
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