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Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim may be free, but is she safe? The real problem with apostasy and blasphemy laws


Brian Pellot


Last month I discussed the heart-wrenching case of Meriam Ibrahim, a pregnant Sudanese woman sentenced to 100 lashes and death by hanging for marrying a Christian man and refusing to renounce her faith.

Human rights groups, government representatives and prominent faith leaders rallied to condemn the ruling. Now reports are emerging that a Sudanese court has canceled Ibrahim’s sentence and ordered her release.

Rejoice! For a minute. Until you realize that her life is still at risk.

Ibrahim was forced to give birth while shackled in jail, where her toddler was also imprisoned. Now her lawyer says she’s hiding out in a safehouse. “Her family had been threatened before and we are worried that someone might try to harm her,” he told Reuters.

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