Sudan re-arrests Christian woman a day after release

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In a handout picture obtained from the legal team and taken with a smart phone, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag (seated C), a Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to hang for apostasy last month, poses for a picture with her husband Daniel Wani, a US citizen originally from South Sudan (L), her newborn baby and the couple’s 20-month-old son, one of her lawyers Mohanad Mustafa (R), and other members of the legal team at an undisclosed location in Khartoum on Monday.

KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities re-arrested a Sudanese woman on Tuesday hours after she was freed from death row, and detained her and her family as they tried to board a plane in Khartoum, a security source and her lawyer said.

Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, sentenced to death last month for converting to Christianity from Islam, was released on Monday after what the government said was unprecedented international pressure.

The security official said he did know the reason for the re-arrest. One of Ibrahim’s lawyers said she was being held at a security building outside the airport with her husband and two children.

After the verdict, she was then sent to a secret location for her protection after her family reported receiving threats.

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Sudan re-arrests Christian woman a day after release