The Sudanese Christian woman who was detained by police a day after her death sentence was lifted is reportedly now taking refuge in the U.S. embassy in Khartoum after receiving death threats from inside the Islamic nation.<\/p>\n
Meriam Ibrahim, 27, was seen late Thursday leaving a police station carrying the baby she delivered while in prison for refusing to renounce Christianity. The Associated Press reported that she and her husband, who is disabled and was seen being carried by two men, got into a vehicle with their other child and sped away, followed by police cars and two vehicles with diplomatic plates. Attorney Mohanad Mustafa told AFP early Friday that they went to the U.S. embassy.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe and her husband think this is a safe place for them,\u201d attorney Mohanad Mustafa told AFP.<\/p>\n
On Thursday afternoon, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said only that Ibrahim and her family were \u201cin a safe location\u201d and Sudan\u2019s government \u201chas assured us of the family\u2019s continued safety.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ibrahim was detained at the airport in Khartoum Tuesday after Sudanese officials accused her of using falsified travel documents in a bid to go to South Sudan. The Sudanese newspaper Al Intibaha reported that Ibrahim\u2019s brother, Al Samani Al Hadi Mohamed Abdullah, told police she was being taken against her will and that her Muslim relatives were not told she had been freed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey did not let us know that she was about to be freed,\u201d he told the paper, according to a translation by the U.K.\u2019s Daily Telegraph. \u201cIt was a surprise for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ibrahim was detained with her husband, Daniel Wani, who is a U.S. citizen after the Tuesday airport incident, prompting a flurry of diplomatic activity involving the U.S., Sudan and South Sudan, where Wani is from. Ibrahim\u2019s supporters sought refugee status for her and recognition of U.S. citizenship for the couple\u2019s two children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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