Sudan 'apostasy' woman takes refuge in US Embassy

Name: Sudan 'apostasy' woman takes refuge in US Embassy
Uploaded: 2014-06-27T01:19:20.000Z
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Description: A Sudanese woman whose death sentence for marrying a Christian was overturned has been released from detention and has taken refuge in the US Embassy in Khartoum.

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A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for renouncing Islam has been freed from detention for a second time.

Meriam Ibrahim has now sought sanctuary at the American embassy in the capital Khartoum.

Speaking exclusively to the BBC she thanked the Sudanese people for standing by her.

Reeta Chakrabarti reports.

Africa

27 June 2014