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Sudanese Woman Sentenced to Death for Apostasy Gives Birth

A Sudanese Christian woman who was sentenced to hang for refusing to renounce her faith has given birth in a prison hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday.   Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, 27, gave birth to the baby girl on Tuesday in her cell in the capital, Khartoum, lawyers said. She also has a 20-month-old son.   Ibrahim was convicted of apostasy by a Sudanese judge earlier this month, and ordered to renounce her Christian faith. The court imposed the death sentence after she...


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