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Sudan death sentence woman freed
Source: BBC
23 June 2014 Last updated at 13:58 GMT
Sudan death sentence woman freed
A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her religious faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC.
Meriam Ibrahim's death penalty was overturned by an appeal court, the official Suna news agency reported.
She is married to a Christian man and was sentenced to hang for apostasy in May by a Sharia court after refusing to renounce Christianity.
Her death sentence sparked international outrage.
Sudan death sentence woman freed
A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her religious faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC.
Meriam Ibrahim's death penalty was overturned by an appeal court, the official Suna news agency reported.
She is married to a Christian man and was sentenced to hang for apostasy in May by a Sharia court after refusing to renounce Christianity.
Her death sentence sparked international outrage.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27979782
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