Meriam Ibrahim 'to be freed' from death row in Sudan

[Peikko 1,575]

A woman sentenced to death in Sudan after marrying a Christian could be released within days, according to reports.A senior Khartoum official has told the BBC that Meriam Ibrahim will be freed following worldwide protests about her treatment.David Cameron has joined Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Tony Blair in condemning the "barbaric" punishment of the 27-year-old, who gave birth to a daughter this week while shackled in her cell.Ms Ibrahim was raised a Christian by her mother and has refused to renounce the faith.However, a court ruled earlier this month that she is Muslim because that was her father's faith.Her Christian marriage was annulled and she was sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery and death by hanging for renouncing Islam.Sex outside a "lawful relationship" is regarded as adultery under Sudanese law.A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are aware of and urgently seeking clarification from the Sudanese authorities of reports that Meriam Ibrahim, the mother facing the death penalty in Sudan, is to be freed."We have been strongly urging the government of the republic of Sudan to do all it can to overturn its decision to sentence her to death."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/31/reports-sudan-death-row-woman-to-be-freed?CMP=fb_gu

[UncleBeer 244]

David Cameron has joined Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Tony Blair in condemning the "barbaric" punishment of the 27-year-old, who gave birth to a daughter this week while shackled in her cell.

Hmmm. Where's our brave young preznit in all this? He jumps right in for gay football players, Skip Gates & Trayvon. Why can't he speak up for this woman?

Ms Ibrahim was raised a Christian by her mother and has refused to renounce the faith.

However, a court ruled earlier this month that she is Muslim because that was her father's faith.

Now that you mention it, that does also somewhat match his circumstance as well. Maybe he's afraid of a fatwa.

[Peikko 1,575]

Hmmm. Where's our brave young preznit in all this? He jumps right in for gay football players, Skip Gates & Trayvon. Why can't he speak up for this woman?

Now that you mention it, that does also somewhat match his circumstance as well. Maybe he's afraid of a fatwa.

I am not sure what you mean. This was from a UK newspaper so it's going to focus on the efforts of the UK politicians. It does say 'worldwide protests'. I think you can be quite safe in assuming that the US president was part of that.

[Jacque67 7,328]

I am not sure what you mean. This was from a UK newspaper so it's going to focus on the efforts of the UK politicians. It does say 'worldwide protests'. I think you can be quite safe in assuming that the US president was part of that.

He likes to bring the "preznit" into everything. Bless his polyester socks;)

[UncleBeer 244]

I think you can be quite safe in assuming that the US president was part of that.

Please show me how he's spoken up for her. I can't find any trace whatsoever. Maybe Michelle could whup out a #hashtag. That'd surely help.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Hmmm. Where's our brave young preznit in all this? He jumps right in for gay football players, Skip Gates & Trayvon. Why can't he speak up for this woman?

No doubt had he made mention of it you would be here singing his praises...

Hmm.. So did she get the 100 lashes for sleeping with her husband?

Edited June 1, 2014 by OnMyWayID

[Karee 4,191]

Preznit

Reference to American President George W. Bush, particularly in regards to his gangsta-style moral clarity and steadfast resolve in bringing an advancing tide of liberty and freedom to a troubled world populated by evil, evil, evil terrorists, US-hating Saddam lovers, and cowardly European moral relativists.

Tha Preznit is tha shiznit, yo!

Source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Preznit

[UncleBeer 244]

No doubt had he made mention of it you would be here singing his praises...

Expecting the preznit to at least try to do the right thing now and then isn't too much to ask. Right? Maybe he misplaced his "pen and phone" ...

Hmm.. So did she get the 100 lashes for sleeping with her husband?

You understand her husband and two children are all American citizens. They deserve protection from this sort of barbarism, or at the very least for someone in the US administration to speak up for them.

Seriously: any citations of Obama speaking up on this at all? Anyone?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Any word on Libertarian comments?

[Peikko 1,575]

Expecting the preznit to at least try to do the right thing now and then isn't too much to ask. Right? Maybe he misplaced his "pen and phone" ...

You understand her husband and two children are all American citizens. They deserve protection from this sort of barbarism, or at the very least for someone in the US administration to speak up for them.

Seriously: any citations of Obama speaking up on this at all? Anyone?

I do not think you tried very hard to find evidence of whitehouse intervention. That is your right, but doing so means that your condemnation sounds hollow.

[UncleBeer 244]

I do not think you tried very hard to find evidence of whitehouse intervention. That is your right, but doing so means that your condemnation sounds hollow.

So that's a"no" then?

[Peikko 1,575]

So that's a"no" then?

If you want it to be ,sure, who am I to argue?

[Sousuke 1,214]

I'm glad they are freeing her. They made her give birth in chains on a prison floor.

[Peikko 1,575]

I'm glad they are freeing her. They made her give birth in chains on a prison floor.

Yes, yes they did. This is an incredibly inhumane law and sentence. I don't think they flogged her but without the outcry, I am sure they would have and worse. It's a message to the Sudanese people as much as anything else of course, always make an example out of those who do not do as you want if you possibly can get away with it.

[Novembro 1,763]

always make an example out of those who do not do as you want if you possibly can get away with it.

Someone should make an example out of the people who imprisoned her.