Meriam Ibrahim's husband not informed of expected release

located:	Sudan
editor:	FairPlanet Editorial Team

A Sudanese official told media over the weekend that Meriam Ibrahim, the woman sentenced to death for abandoning Islam, will be freed from prison in just a few days.

Ibrahim would be released because Sudanese law protects religion freedom - this is what an under-secretary at the foreign ministry told the BBC on Saturday.

However her husband says he has heard nothing of it.

Ibrahim, who gave birth last week, had been sentenced to death for apostasy and also faced charges of adultery for marrying outside the faith. Despite being raised an Orthodox Christian, last month a court rules that Ibrahim should be regarded as Muslim because that was her father's faith.

The Sudanese foreign ministry has since said that Ibrahim could only be released after a successful judicial appeal. So why would an official claim otherwise?

Ibrahim's case has sparked international outrage after coming under scrutiny from human rights groups.

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