A Sudanese lawyer filed an appeal Thursday for a pregnant woman sentenced to death this month for refusing to renounce her Christianity . The filing asks the appeals court to reverse the verdict by the lower court and free Meriam Yehya Ibrahim , 27 . Ibrahim , who is eight months pregnant , was convicted of apostasy , or the renunciation of faith . She is in prison with her 20-month-old son , but the toddler is free to leave any time , according to her lawyer , Mohamed Jar Elnabi . Her husband , Daniel Wani , is a U.S. citizen who uses a wheelchair and `` totally depends on her for all details of his life , '' her lawyer said . The appeal . The appeals court in Khartoum will issue a ruling on the case in the next week , but it will first ask the lower court to submit the documents it used to make the ruling , according to her lawyer . Once that 's done , it will issue a case number , he said . `` We will continue checking with the appeals court , but Inshallah ( Allah willing ) ... the appeal court will reverse the sentence and set her free , '' he said . Christian or Muslim ? Ibrahim says her father was a Sudanese Muslim and her mother was Ethiopian Orthodox . Her father left when she was 6 , and she was raised as a Christian . The court had warned her to renounce her Christianity by May 15 , but she held firm to her beliefs . Sudanese Parliament speaker Fatih Izz Al-Deen said claims she was raised as non-Muslim are untrue . She was raised in an Islamic environment , and her brother , a Muslim , filed the complaint against her , according to Al-Deen . The complaint alleges that she went missing for several years , and her family was shocked to find out she married a Christian , according to her lawyer . However , because her father was Muslim , the courts considered her one too , which would mean her marriage to a non-Muslim man is void . Attempts to contact Sudan 's justice minister and foreign affairs minister for comment were unsuccessful . 100 lashes . In addition to the death sentence , the court convicted her of adultery and sentenced her to 100 lashes . The Parliament speaker has said the verdict is not final and will go through all the judicial stages to reach the constitutional court . Worldwide condemnation . Rights groups and foreign embassies worldwide condemned the verdict . `` The fact that a woman could be sentenced to death for her religious choice , and to flogging for being married to a man of an allegedly different religion , is abhorrent and should never be even considered , '' said Manar Idriss , Amnesty International 's Sudan researcher . Katherine Perks with the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies said the verdict goes against Sudan 's `` own constitution and commitments made under regional and international law . '' Foreign embassies in Khartoum , including those of the United States , United Kingdom and Canada , urged the government to reverse course . In past cases involving pregnant or nursing women , the Sudanese government waited until the mother weaned her child before executing any sentence , said Christian Solidarity Worldwide spokeswoman Kiri Kankhwende . Opinion : Why marrying for love should never mean death .
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim considers herself Christian , but a court says she 's Muslim . A Khartoum court convicted her of apostasy , or the renunciation of faith . The court also found her guilty of adultery for being married to a Christian .