A Sudanese woman freed from death row on Monday has been
arrested with her family at Khartoum airport, sources have told the BBC.
Meriam Ibrahim was sentenced to hang in May for renouncing
Islam, sparking widespread outrage at home and abroad.
About 40 security agents detained Mrs Ibrahim - along with
her husband, Daniel Wani and two children - at the airport, the sources said.
On Monday, Mr Wani said the family intended to leave for the
US.
Mrs Ibrahim was released from prison after an appeal court
annulled the death sentence imposed on her.
She was arrested in February, and gave birth to a daughter in
prison not long after being sentenced.
The family has been taken to the headquarters of one of
Sudan's security agencies, the sources said.
Before she was rearrested, Western countries had welcomed the
decision to rescind the death penalty.
Born to a Muslim father, Mrs Ibrahim, 27, married Mr Wani, a
Christian, in 2011.
Sudan has a majority Muslim population, and Islamic law has
been in force there since the 1980s.
Even though Mrs Ibrahim was brought up as an Orthodox
Christian, the authorities considered her to be a Muslim because that is the
religion of her father.
Mr Wani has US citizenship.
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