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A court in Sudan has sentenced a pregnant woman to death by hanging for refusing to renounce her Christian faith.

Twenty-seven-year-old Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, who is already the mother of a 20-month-old son, was convicted of apostasy on Sunday and given four days to abandon her faith. On Thursday, Judge Abbas al-Khalifa handed down the death sentence in Khartoum after Ibrahim told the court, “I am a Christian.” …

Ibrahim’s husband, Daniel Wani, is a Christian. He said in an interview with VOA: “My wife, actually, she is from Darfur in western Sudan, her mother from Ethiopia. She grew up with her mother and that’s why she is a Christian since she was young, you know,” said Wani.

The U.S. State Department said the United States is deeply disturbed by the court ruling and called on the government of Sudan to respect the right to freedom of religion.

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