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Sudan judges to rule on death row Christian woman

Sudan judges to rule on death row Christian woman
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag.

Khartoum, Sudan: A three-judge panel in Sudan will examine the appeal of a Christian woman sentenced to hang for apostasy, in a case that has drawn international condemnation, her lawyer said Monday.

"The judiciary appointed three judges last week to examine the appeal filed in the case of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag," lawyer Mohanad Mustafa told AFP, without specifying when they will deliver a ruling.

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