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Meriam Ibrahim has been freed from prison

By Ashe Schow

Published June 23, 2014 3:39pm ET

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Meriam Ibrahim has been freed from prison — Meriam Ibrahim, sitting next to Martin, her 18-month-old son, holds her newborn baby girl that she gave birth to in jail in a room at a prison in Khartoum, Sudan. (AP Photo/Al Fajer, File) | Uncredited

Meriam Ibrahim, the 27-year-old Sudanese woman sentenced to death for leaving Islam, has been freed from prison, her lawyers have confirmed.

“Meriam was released just about an hour ago,” Mohanad Mustafa, one of Ibrahim’s lawyers, told AFP. “She’s now out of prison.”

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