At eight months pregnant, Ibrahim was sentenced to death in Sudan for apostasy. She was eventually freed last year after giving birth in prison amid international outcry. Here, she answers your questions on her ordeal. read more
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag is a Sudanese woman. Her father is a Muslim, her mother is an Orthodox Christian, which according to Islamic jurisprudence, made Ishag Muslim. However, as Ishag's father was not present for Ishag's childhood, Ishag was raised as an Orthodox Christian. Ishag married a Christian man from South Sudan in 2013. read more
Mariam [Meriam] Yahia Ibrahim Ishag or Maryam Yaḥyā Ibrahīm Isḥaq (مريم يحيى إبراهيم إسحق, born 3 November 1987 in Al Qadarif state, Sudan), is a Sudanese Religious Freedom activist and public speaker. Meriam Ibrahim was arrested during her second pregnancy for apostasy and gave birth to a girl in prison on 27 May 2014. read more
The charge against Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, 26, relates to the travel documents she was carrying when authorities stopped the family from leaving Sudan on Tuesday following an annulment of her apostasy death sentence. read more