Meriam,
27, was thrown in jail in September and earlier this month was sentenced
to death for adultery for marrying Daniel, a Christian who has US
citizenship.
The
visit to the Khartoum prison was was the first time that Daniel was
able to see his wife since she was imprisoned in September.
Judges
in the city have sentenced Mariam to death and 100 lashes as the
Sudanese court refuses to recognize her 2011 marriage to Daniel because
her father was a Muslim.
The
Justice Centre Sudan spokeswoman said: ‘When Meriam’s father left her
mother when she was six he went to another part of Sudan and had another
family.
‘Meriam
did not know about this. She did not even know her father had died
until many years after the event. Nor did she know he was a Muslim.
‘Meriam’s mother died in 2012 and by then she had still not heard from her half brothers and sisters.
‘There were years and years that went by when that side of the family did not want a relationship with her.
Meriam has also been sentenced to 100 lashes because the court did not recognize her marriage to Christian Daniel Wani, a naturalized U.S. citizen, who lives in Manchester, New Hampshire
Martin is given a drink by prison guards. Daniel is not allowed to take custody of Martin because the authorities have ruled that the toddler is Muslim
Martin, above, is pictured biting his lip unaware of the terrible fate his mother, Meriam, faces after being sentenced to hang for refusing to consider herself a Christian. His family claim he is American because his father has been granted U.S. citizenship
This image captures the first time Daniel Wani, a Us citizen living in Manchester, New Hampshire was allowed to see his son, Daniel, and wife, Meriam Ibrahim, since September after she was jailed for marrying a Christian
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