Death row mother rearrested as she tries to flee Sudan

A Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan and later freed has been detained at an airport while trying to leave the country, her lawyer said.

Lawyer Eman Abdul-Rahim said that 27-year-old Meriam Ibrahim was held along with two children and her husband at the international airport in Khartoum, the country’s capital. Abdul-Rahim did not elaborate and security officials did not respond to requests for comment.

Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but who was raised by her Christian mother, was convicted of apostasy for marrying a Christian. Sudan’s penal code forbids Muslims from converting to other religions, a crime punishable by death.