KHARTOUM: Sudan denied yesterday a Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to hang for apostasy would be freed soon, saying quotes attributed to a foreign ministry official had been taken out of context.
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag was sentenced to death on May 15 under the Shariah law that has been in place since 1983 and outlaws conversions under pain of death. Abdullah Al Azraq, a foreign ministry under-secretary, said on Saturday that Ishag “will be freed within days in line with legal procedure that will be taken by the judiciary and the ministry of justice.” But the foreign ministry said the release of the 27-year-old, depended on whether a court accepted an appeal request made by her defence team.AFP
