Sudanese Christian woman rearrested, legal team says

By Nima Elbagir and Jason Hanna, CNN
June 24, 2014 -- Updated 1424 GMT (2224 HKT)

(CNN) -- A Sudanese Christian woman who'd been sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her faith -- and then released -- was rearrested Tuesday at an airport as she was trying to leave the African country, her legal team told CNN on Tuesday.

Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, her American husband, Daniel Wani, and their two children were stopped at an airport in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and then detained and interrogated at Khartoum's national security headquarters, the legal team said.

Details about why the family was held weren't immediately available.

Wani, in a phone call to CNN, also said that he and his family were being held at the national security office, but did not provide details.

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