05-29-2014, 09:49 AM
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL PETITION ENGAGED
Ibrahim delivered her baby girl, named Maya, while she was still in prison. According to her lawyer As Elshareef Ali Elshareef Mohammed, she gave birth in a prison clinic and was not taken to a hospital.
Her execution has been upheld by the court in Khartoum after she refused to recant her Christian faith but will not be carried out until Maya is two-years-old.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide is urging Sudanese officials to reverse the persecution of this Christian.
Ibrahim's husband, Daniel Wani, has vowed to fight the sentence, which includes 100 lashes for adultery, and lawyers have lodged an appeal.
Her case has been picked up by Amnesty International which is spearheading a campaign for her release and says that over 620,000 actions have been taken calling upon the Sudanese government to overturn the sentence.
Full story: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/ma.../37728.htm
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I'm hopeful that in the two year time frame before her execution is scheduled, Ibrahim will be freed.
I think the Sudanese higher court will rule in favor of appeal because there is ambiguity regarding her religious affiliation in childhood, there's a lot of negative global attention on the Sudanese legal system as a result of this case, and because her husband is a US citizen who can attract the support of politicians (either because those politicians really care, or because it looks good to US voters, or both).
Ibrahim delivered her baby girl, named Maya, while she was still in prison. According to her lawyer As Elshareef Ali Elshareef Mohammed, she gave birth in a prison clinic and was not taken to a hospital.
Her execution has been upheld by the court in Khartoum after she refused to recant her Christian faith but will not be carried out until Maya is two-years-old.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide is urging Sudanese officials to reverse the persecution of this Christian.
Ibrahim's husband, Daniel Wani, has vowed to fight the sentence, which includes 100 lashes for adultery, and lawyers have lodged an appeal.
Her case has been picked up by Amnesty International which is spearheading a campaign for her release and says that over 620,000 actions have been taken calling upon the Sudanese government to overturn the sentence.
Full story: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/ma.../37728.htm
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I'm hopeful that in the two year time frame before her execution is scheduled, Ibrahim will be freed.
I think the Sudanese higher court will rule in favor of appeal because there is ambiguity regarding her religious affiliation in childhood, there's a lot of negative global attention on the Sudanese legal system as a result of this case, and because her husband is a US citizen who can attract the support of politicians (either because those politicians really care, or because it looks good to US voters, or both).