Meriam Ibrahim To Be Freed
Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, who was sentenced to death in Sudan after she married a Christian man, is to be freed, a Sudanese foreign ministry official has said.The decision comes after the Sudanese government faced mounting pressure...
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Meriam Ibrahim's Brother-in-Law: Brutal Pre-Execution Flogging Will "Take Her Skin Off"
Meriam Ibrahim is a twenty-seven year old Sudanese doctor. Her husband, Daniel Wani, is an American citizen and New Hampshire resident. Imprisoned since February with their one-year-old boy and unborn baby, Meriam spent her pregnancy shackled in a one-room cell.
Last month, Sudan sentenced her to death because she's a Christian. They"ve also mandated 100 lashes for sexual relations with her husband. Since her husband is a Christian, Sudan doesn't recognize the marriage and won't let the children leave the jail to be with him. Ref. Source 9
Ted Cruz and Pro-Life Groups Lead White House Rally to Save Meriam Ibrahim
With some news reports indicating Meriam Inbrahim may be days or weeks away from a brutal pre-execution flogging because of her refusal to backtrack on her Christian faith, pro-life Sen. Ted Cruz and leading pro-life groups staged a rally outside the White House today on her behalf.
Meriam Ibrahim is not sentenced to die for her Christian faith for two years, until such a time as her newborn baby girl Maya is weaned, but she could be flogged within days if her appeal of her death sentence is thrown out. LifeNews recently covered the terrible nature of the flogging she will have to endure and how it will literally take her skin off of her body. Ref. Source 2
Secretary of State John Kerry Finally Speaks Up for Meriam Ibrahim
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry publicly condemned Sudan's conviction and imprisonment of Meriam Ibrahim, a Christian woman sentenced to torture and death for her Christian faith.
Secretary Kerry's statement comes after more than 380,000 people have signed our petition demanding that Sudan release Meriam and urging the Obama Administration's action in her case. Ref. Source 7
Ted Cruz to President Obama: Demand the Release of Meriam Ibrahim
Senator Ted Cruz delivered a message to President Barack Obama yesterday during his speech at the Road to Majority Conference Thursday afternoon: demand the release of Meriam Ibraham. His speech follows on the heels of a large rally outside the White House that he and pro-life groups led.
Meriam is the Christian woman who was jailed when she was pregnant and was forced to give birth in chains in a Sudanese prison as she awaits a death sentence ad brutal flogging by Muslim officials because of her Christian faith. Ref. Source 7
Sudan Court Will Free Meriam Ibrahim, Sentenced to Death for Her Christian Faith
Reports today indicate the Sudan court has reversed itself and will free Meriam Ibraham, the pregnant Christian woman jailed and sentenced to be flogged and hanged for her Christian faith. Meriam was later forced to give birth in chains in a Sudanese prison as she awaited a death sentence ad brutal flogging by Muslim officials.
"The appeal court ordered the release of Mariam Yahya [Ibrahim] and the cancellation of the [previous] court ruling," Sudan's SUNA news agency said on Monday. Ref. Source 5
Meriam Ibrahim and Her Family Released on Bail, But Not Free to Leave Sudan
After being re-arrested less than a day after being released from death row for her Christian faith, Meriam Ibrahim and her American family have reportedly been released from the custody of Sudanese police forces on the condition that they not leave Sudan, as possible charges are brought against them. They are not free. Ref. Source 2