A 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan last month for converting to Christianity from Islam was freed on Monday what the government said was "unprecedented" international pressure. Maryam Yahya IBrahim who is married to a Christian American was ordered by Sudanese court last month to return to Islam and was sentenced to 100 lashes and to death. Britain last month summoned Sudanese Charge d' Affairs to protest against the sentencing. The appeal court ordered the release of Mariam Yahya Ibrahim and cancellation of previous court ruling. "Maryam was sent to secret location for her protection, her lawyer said. Her family had been threatened and we are worried that someone might try to harm her, " her lawyer Muhaned Mustafa told Reuter. Maryam gave birth to a daughter in prison, her second child by her husband Daniel Wani whom she married in 2011.
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