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Woman & family still not able to leave country
Contact: Jeff Sagnip, 202-225-3765; chrissmith.house.gov
WASHINGTON, July 22, 2014 /Standard Newswire/ -- The Sudanese woman sentenced to death for not recanting her faith will be the topic of a congressional hearing planned for Wednesday, July 23 to be held by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees global human rights issues.
"The Troubling Case of Meriam Ibrahim," is the title of the hearing to be held before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's subcommittee on global human rights. The vice-chairman of the bipartisan U.S. federal government organization -- the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) -- will lead off testimony on the plight of the woman, who was pregnant and even forced to have her child born in prison while she was shackled.
Smith planned to have a hearing June 24 on the case, but postponed it because it appeared she would be released from jail and able to leave Sudan. She was in fact released June 23, but was later rearrested when she tried to leave the country. She was released again and is now waiting to be allowed to leave the country.
Who: Chairman Smith, and other members of the House subcommittees, and witnesses:
- Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., Vice Chair United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
- Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
- Grover Joseph Rees (Former General Counsel, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service)
When: Wednesday, July 23 at 2 p.m.
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172 (first floor)
