Good support for an important cause. Thank you to these MP’s for their concern.
This is welcome news and credit to Naomi Long and the 57 other MPs for speaking up for Meriam Ibrahim. One wonders why the other 592 MPs’ names are missing though…
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Alliance East Belfast MP Naomi Long has called on the Sudanese Ambassador to the UK to help secure the immediate and unconditional release of a Sudanese citizen sentenced to death for marrying a Christian.
Mrs Long wrote to the Ambassador regarding Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, who has been sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery and death by hanging for apostasy. The charge is based on the false assumption that Mrs Ibrahim was a Muslim when she married her Christian husband, when she was in fact raised as a Christian. She is currently imprisoned along with her young son and newborn daughter, who have been denied access to their father.
Mrs Long’s letter, which has been co-signed by 57 fellow MPs…
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