Sudanese Muslim woman sentenced to death for Christian conversion

[Balthazar]

http://rt.com/news/line/2014-05-31/#62888

Sudan to release woman sentenced to death for converting to Christianity

Sudan is releasing a woman sentenced to death for converting to Christianity, Reuters cited a government official as saying. "The related authorities in the country are working to release Mariam (Yahya Ibrahim), who was sentenced to death for apostasy, through legal measures," Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary Abdelah Al-Azrak said. "I expect her to be released soon,” he added.

[bryant.coleman]

International outrage has done the trick. But I am afraid that Sudan's reputation is tarnished beyond repair. It is a country where three different genocidal campaigns are currently occurring simultaneously (Darfur, Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile).

[sukamasoto]

do not be too trusting with the media should be read first from other news sources

[bryant.coleman]

do not be too trusting with the media should be read first from other news sources

This incident was widely covered in the social media as well (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Blogs, Vkontakte.etc). So you cannot claim that there was any sort of media propaganda.

[Wilikon]

do not be too trusting with the media should be read first from other news sources

do not be too trusting with sukamasoto should be read first from other news sources

do not be too trusting with Wilikon should be read first from other news sources

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This is bitcointalk. Not trusting anyone is already built in 

[Balthazar]

This is bitcointalk. Not trusting anyone is already built in 

Unfortunately, that's not quite correct. Here there are a lot of rabid fanatics of trusting based systems (remember solidcoin, for example) and victims of propaganda.

[bryant.coleman]

Still confused about this whole thing. Reports suggest Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag may be released within a few days, but her lawyers claim it's a ploy to silence the international outcry. 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27651483

[Wilikon]

Sudan Backtracks On Releasing Christian Woman Sentenced To Death For Refusing To Convert To Islam…


There was confusion last night over whether a mother facing the death penalty in Sudan for abandoning her religious faith would be freed soon.

The case of Meriam Ibrahim sparked international condemnation from world leaders earlier this month after a Sudanese court ruled the then heavily pregnant woman would face the death penalty for refusing to renounce her Christian faith.

The court ruled she was to be given 100 lashes and then hanged after she had given birth.

Ms Ibrahim (27) was brought up as an Orthodox Christian by her mother, and married a Christian, but the court ruled she should be regarded as Muslim because it had been her father’s faith – a charged she denied.

“I am a Christian. I did not convert from Islam,” she told the Haj Yousif court in Khartoum. In refusing to renounce her faith, her Christian marriage in 2011 was annulled and she was sentenced to death for apostasy. Sex outside a ‘lawful relationship’ is also regarded as adultery under Sudanese law.

Over the weekend, the BBC reported that a Sudanese foreign ministry official had said Ms Ibrahim, a doctor, who gave birth to a girl while in prison earlier this week, will be freed from custody “in a few days’ time”. Abdullahi Alazreg, an under-secretary at the foreign ministry, reportedly said that Sudan guaranteed religious freedom and was committed to protecting the woman.

But the foreign ministry issued a clarification on Sunday, saying that only the judicial system could rule on the case.

“The defence team of the concerned citizen has appealed the verdict… and if the appeals court rules in her favour, she will be released,” the ministry said.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/confusion-over-news-meriam-ibrahim-to-be-freed-in-sudan-30321145.html

[bryant.coleman]

^^^ This is what I had posted earlier. Her lawyers were also hinting at that possibility. Once the international attention is diverted, they will imprison her again and resume torturing her.

[jambola2]

^^^ This is what I had posted earlier. Her lawyers were also hinting at that possibility. Once the international attention is diverted, they will imprison her again and resume torturing her.

Hopefully not.
With the kind of international attention this case has attracted, I doubt they'd be able to keep her imprisoned for long. Unlike previous cases involving Christian missionaries preaching, Sudan is really under pressure this time.

[bryant.coleman]

Hopefully not.
With the kind of international attention this case has attracted, I doubt they'd be able to keep her imprisoned for long. Unlike previous cases involving Christian missionaries preaching, Sudan is really under pressure this time.

That is debatable. Sudan has attracted quite a lot of international outcry over the three ongoing genocides in its territory (Darfur, Nuba Mountains, and Blue Nile). But still, countries such as China are cooperating with them.

[Wilikon]

BREAKING NEWS: Sudanese mother sentenced to death for 'converting to Christianity' freed after international outcry
Meriam Ibrahim's case drew furious response from Britain, U.S. and EU

Charges came after she married Catholic U.S. citizen Daniel Wani
She gave birth to a baby daughter just 12 days after she was jailed
Ms Ibrahim was also sentenced to 100 lashes for 'adultery' over her marriage


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2665929/BREAKING-NEWS-Sudanese-mother-sentenced-death-converting-Christianity-freed-international-outcry.html

[Wilikon]

Sudanese Christian “Apostate” and Mother Meriam Ibrahim Rearrested at Airport

A Sudanese woman whose death sentence for refusing to renounce her Christian faith was revoked has been rearrested, her legal team told CNN Tuesday.

Meriam Ibrahim, 27, and her husband, Daniel Wani, were arrested Tuesday at an airport in Sudan’s capital as they were trying to leave the African country, Ibrahim’s legal team said.

Details about why the couple were arrested weren’t immediately available.

Ibrahim, 27, was convicted in May by a Sudanese court on charges of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith, and adultery — charges that led to international controversy. Ibrahim was eight months pregnant when she was sentenced to suffer 100 lashes and then be hanged.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/24/world/africa/sudan-christian-woman-arrest/index.html

[bitsmichel]

Hopefully not.
With the kind of international attention this case has attracted, I doubt they'd be able to keep her imprisoned for long. Unlike previous cases involving Christian missionaries preaching, Sudan is really under pressure this time.

That is debatable. Sudan has attracted quite a lot of international outcry over the three ongoing genocides in its territory (Darfur, Nuba Mountains, and Blue Nile). But still, countries such as China are cooperating with them.

China corporates with everyone as long as it's economically beneficial for them.

[Wilikon]

Meriam Ibrahim: Sudan 'apostasy' woman freed again


A Christian mother formerly on death row in Sudan has taken refuge at the U.S. Embassy after being released from police custody for a second time. …

A video report by the BBC’s Arabic service showed the Ibrahim released for a second time late Thursday. But Ibrahim’s passage to the U.S. may still be blocked as she now faces forgery charges relating to the emergency travel documents she attempted to use to get out of the country. According to Reuters, Ibrahim was released on the condition that she not attempt to leave the country.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28050753

[Jamie_Boulder]

I will NEVER understand this stuff lol...just wow

[Wilikon]

Meriam Ibrahim lands in Italy, on way to US; Update: Meets with Pope Francis

Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan for apostasy but subsequently pardoned, arrived in Rome on Thursday, the Italian Foreign Ministry said.

Ibrahim “will remain in Italy for a short time and then will travel on to the United States,” the ministry said. …

[Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Lapo] Pistelli said Italy had become involved in the case because, as a Catholic country, it was very moved by Ibrahim’s story and wanted to help.

Italy has good relations with Khartoum and offered to help the U.S. Embassy there to speed up the process of getting U.S. passports for Ibrahim and her family to leave the country, the minister said.

Pistelli said he had traveled to Sudan two weeks ago to start the process but it was not finalized until Wednesday night.

He posted an image to his Facebook page of himself with Ibrahim and the two infants, apparently taken on board the plane shortly before their arrival in Rome. “Mission accomplished,” he wrote.

http://youtu.be/8O3gG-h6A5U

http://youtu.be/sRfgTA-5vRo

[Wilikon]

Powerful. Sudanese Christian Mariam Ibraheem Speaks Out for First Time Since Release From Prison (Video)


http://video.foxnews.com/v/3786732614001/exclusive-mariam-ibraheem-opens-up-about-harrowing-ordeal/#sp=show-clips


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What a beautiful and courageous woman. The very definition of feminism...