A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her Islamic faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told media.
Meriam Ibrahim’s death penalty was overturned by an appeal court, the official Suna news agency reported.
She is married to a Christian man and was sentenced under Sharia law to hang for apostasy in May after refusing to renounce Christianity.
Her husband, Daniel Wani, said he was looking forward to seeing her.
He wanted his family to leave Sudan as soon possible, Mr Wani told media.
The death sentence for Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, who gave birth to a daughter in prison not long after she was convicted, sparked international outrage.
“We are very very happy about this – and we’re going to her now,” Mrs Ibrahim’s lawyer Elshareef Ali told media.
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