New details on the Sudan sentenced to death a Christian: According to her husband Mariam Ibrahim Yahya has her daughter chained in prison brought into the world. Two years they must take care of the child – then it is in danger of the gallows.

The case of Mariam Ibrahim Yahya triggers beyond the borders of Sudan out of dismay, employs human as politicians. A court in Khartoum condemned the heavily pregnant women to death because they do not want to live in the Muslim faith. Shortly after the verdict, the young woman brought earlier in the week in prison to a daughter – now her husband has told for the first time details of the birth.

As Daniel Wani the British ” Telegraph ” reported Ishak was indeed moved to the infirmary of the prison – but also spent the birth process itself in chains. “She was chained to the feet,” Wani said.

He had his wife and newborn also more than a day after birth may not visit , Wani said. Only on Wednesday he had finally gain access to the cell : “The baby is beautiful , you say Maya The mother is okay , you did not look too battered. . . . ” For the time of the visit, the chains were then removed.

A court in the capital Ishak was convicted in mid-May for renouncing the Islamic faith to death by hanging . The young woman who already has a 20 -month-old son, was also sentenced to a hundred lashes for adultery. His son lives with his mother , according to wadis and the few -day-old infant in the prison cell .

The enforcement of the judgment is in abeyance . Ishak is to get up to two years to to take care of the baby. After this period , however, it is in danger of death by hanging.

Christian Woman in Sudan:More than 600,000 votes for the release

Internationally, the case made ​​headlines. Numerous support sites on the Internet calling for the release of the detainees. The biggest appeal launched Amnesty International: 620,000 times there a petition for Mariam Jahia Ibrahim Ishak was signed. Human Rights Watch described the case as an example of “draconian intolerance”.

Ishak was Christian Orthodox brought up by her mother after her Muslim father had left the family. The accusation of adultery was raised because of her marriage to a Christian. In Sudan’s interpretation of sharia, Islamic law, a Muslim woman may not marry a Christian. If it does nevertheless, this is interpreted as adultery.

However, despite the threat of punishment to Ishak will not bow to pressure obviously. About her lawyer let her say: “If they want to execute me, then they should do it I will not renounce my faith..”

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