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Sudan:
Sudanese Woman On Death Row Gives Birth
DW, 27 May 2014
A Sudanese woman sitting on death row has given birth. The 27-year-old was sentenced to be hanged for converting from Islam to Christianity. Read more »
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Sudan:
Woman Sentenced to Death for Apostasy Gives Birth
VOA, 27 May 2014
A Sudanese Christian woman who was sentenced to hang for refusing to renounce her faith has given birth in a prison hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday. Read more »
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Sudan:
Public Outpouring of Support for Sudanese Woman Sentenced to Death for Religious Views
Sudan Tribune, 23 May 2014
There has been an outpouring of public support for an eight months pregnant Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death for her religious beliefs, with 620,000 Amnesty… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Muslims, Christians and the Punishment for Apostasy (I)
Daily Trust, 23 May 2014
Once again, as has become regular, Muslims are being bashed right, left and centre for failing to adequately make their religion conform to the prevalent worldview of civilization,… Read more »
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Sudan:
More Than Half a Million Call to Free Pregnant Woman Sentenced to Death
AI London, 22 May 2014
Lawyers have confirmed to Amnesty International that an appeal has been lodged against the conviction of a pregnant Sudanese Christian woman, who has been sentenced to death for… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Free Meriam Yahia Ishaq
Vanguard, 22 May 2014
MERIAM Yahia Ibrahim Ishaq, until recently an unknown 27-year-old pregnant Sudanese mother, is on the death row, after a court in her country convicted her of adultery and… Read more »
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Sudan:
European Foriegn Ministers Summon Sudan Ambassadors for Woman's Death Sentence
Dabanga, 20 May 2014
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom and The Netherlands have summoned the Sudanese ambassadors regarding Khartoum's death sentence against a Sudanese woman,… Read more »
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Sudan:
'Abhorrent' Death Sentence for Woman On Grounds of Her Religion
CISA, 16 May 2014
The decision of a Sudanese court to sentence a heavily pregnant Sudanese Christian woman to death by hanging for 'apostasy', and to flogging for 'adultery', is truly abhorrent,… Read more »
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Sudan:
Mariam Yahya Unjustly Sentenced to Death for Alleged Apostasy.. Khartoum University Director Resigned in Response to the Security's Repressive Practices
HRInfo, 17 May 2014
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemned the bloody and unfair violations embarked upon by Sudan's security and legal authorities against citizens, during… Read more »
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Sudan:
Canada Appalled By Death Sentence Handed to Sudanese Woman
PR Newswire, 15 May 2014
Andrew Bennett, Canada's Ambassador for Religious Freedom, today issued the following statement: Read more »
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Sudan:
Sudan Talking Down Death Sentence Against Woman Accused of Apostasy
Sudan Tribune, 16 May 2014
Sudan's parliament speaker, al-Fatih Izz Al-Din, has downplayed the death sentence against a Christian woman accused of apostasy saying it is a preliminary ruling which could be… Read more »
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South Sudan:
UN Rights Office Deeply Concerned Over Woman Facing Death for Apostasy
UN News, 16 May 2014
The United Nations human rights office today voiced deep concern about the situation of Meriam Ibrahim, the pregnant Christian Sudanese woman who was sentenced to 100 lashes and to… Read more »
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Sudan:
White House On Sentencing of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag in Sudan
State Department, 15 May 2014
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on the Sentencing of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim Ishag in Sudan Read more »