( CNN ) -- A Sudanese Christian woman who initially faced a death sentence after refusing to renounce her faith is now at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum with her family , her husband told CNN on Friday . Mariam Yehya Ibrahim and her husband , American Daniel Wani , were freed from custody Thursday after having been detained two days earlier upon arriving at the airport in the Sudanese capital . Their two children are with them . The family was trying to get to the United States . Ibrahim was accused of two criminal counts , traveling with falsified documents and giving false information , according to her legal team . Tuesday 's detention at the airport came a day after Ibrahim 's legal team announced the 27-year-old woman had been released from prison following weeks of international controversy over her conviction on apostasy and adultery charges . Her death sentence had been overturned before that release . It 's not clear what will come next for Ibrahim , who has been given a U.S. visa . In an interview with the BBC on her way to the embassy , Ibrahim did not offer specifics when asked about her future . `` I will leave it to God , '' she said . `` I did n't even have a chance to see my family when I got out of prison . '' U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf confirmed Ibrahim had been released on bail , saying , `` She and her family are in a safe location , and the government of Sudan has assured us of the family 's continued safety . '' Harf said that the U.S. Embassy `` remains highly engaged '' in the woman 's case . `` We will provide more information as it becomes available consistent with privacy laws , '' she said . Sudanese authorities said Ibrahim was detained because of the documents she submitted . Sudan 's National Intelligence and Security Services said that she had South Sudanese travel documents despite not being a citizen of South Sudan , and she was heading to the United States , which is not her native country . `` This was considered illegal by the Sudanese authorities , who have summoned both the U.S. and South Sudanese ambassadors , '' the agency said in a message posted this week on its Facebook page . Religious freedom group 'gravely concerned ' Ibrahim 's lawyer , Elshareef Ali , said he 's glad his client is in `` a safe place . '' `` We have strong evidence and strong confirmation from the South Sudan Embassy that these documents were issued by them , '' he said . `` So we believe that the Sudanese authorities will dismiss this case . '' According to her attorney , the case began when one of her relatives , a Muslim , filed a criminal complaint saying her family was shocked to find out she had married Wani , a Christian , after she was missing for several years . A Sudanese court considered Ibrahim a Muslim because her father was Muslim , but she said she was a Christian and never practiced Islam . She was charged with adultery , because a Muslim woman 's marriage to a Christian man is illegal in Sudan , and with apostasy , accused of illegally renouncing what was alleged to be her original faith . The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said Wednesday it was `` gravely concerned '' by Ibrahim 's airport detention . `` We are very disturbed by these new developments , '' Chairman Robert P. George said . `` Our chief concern now is for ( Mariam ) and her family 's safety , that they be freed , and for their human rights to be fully respected . '' The international community must hold Sudan 's government accountable for its constitutional provisions and international commitments to respect freedom of religion by all Sudanese , he said . Woman 's 'brother ' says she should repent . What does death sentence for faith say about Sudan ? Why marrying for love should never mean death .
Mariam Yehya Ibrahim and her family are in the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum , husband says . Ibraham and husband Daniel Wani were released from detention Thursday . The family was detained as it tried to travel to the United States . Ibrahim 's death sentence for refusing to renounce her faith was overturned this week .