Khartoum, May 31 (IANS) Authorities in
Sudan have agreed to release a woman, sentenced to
death for abandoning the Islamic faith, after world leaders added their voices to the campaign to
free her, the media reported Saturday. Meriam Ibrahim, 27, who was held with her two young children after giving birth in shackles this week, was sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery and to
death for
apostasy by a court in Khartoum, The Guardian reported, adding that Ibrahim was raised a Christian by her mother and refused to re**unce the faith. Abdullahi Alzareg, an under secretary at Sudan's foreign ministry, said Saturday that
Sudan guaranteed religious freedom and was committed to protecting the
woman while an**uncing that she will be released within days from the prison, according to BBC. Wani married Ibrahim, a graduate of
Sudan University's school of medicine, in 2011.
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