Ambassadors from the United States and South Sudan have been summoned by Sudan over the new arrest of Christian convert Meriam Yahya Ibrahim.

Ibrahim tried to flee to the United States after her release from death row, according to top security service officials on Wednesday.

The apostate was released on Monday after the government said it was placed in an extraordinary international pressure. Ibrahim was sentenced to death after refusing to renounce Christian faith. She was also charged with adultery for marrying a non-Muslim and was sentenced to 100 lashings in 2013.

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After 24 hours of being released, Ibrahim was again detained on Tuesday. She was charged with falsifying her travel documents. The newly released and again detained woman tried to use documents issued by the South Sudan embassy to travel out of Khartoum.

Airport authorities arrested Abrar after emergency travel documents issued by the embassy of South Sudan were presented along with her American visa. This was according to a Facebook post on the South Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services’ page. Abrar was Ibrahim’s Muslim name.

The post went on saying that the Foreign Ministry has already called ambassadors from the U.S. and South Sudan. This was after the move to leave Khartoum with said documents was considered a criminal offense.

Ibrahim’s attempt to flee to the U.S. with her entire family has deepened the already wrangled diplomatic ties over her case.

The government of Sudan no longer recognizes Ibrahim as a citizen of South Sudan even after her release. Sudan also denies recognizing her marriage to Daniel Wani, an American-South Sudanese Christian.

Islamic laws do not permit marriage between Muslims and non-Muslims.

In an interview with Reuters, Mohaned Mostafa, Ibrahim’s lawyer, said that his client was indicted for forging travel documents. Falsifying public documents in Sudan is penalized by five years imprisonment.

Mostafa said Ibrahim was still being detained in a police station in Khartoum. He said Ibrahim's family was with her and did not want to leave without her.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said during a media briefing in Washington on Tuesday that Ibrahim and her family’s safety has been assured by the Sudanese government. Harf also said that that the U.S. embassy has been highly involved in resolving the matter.

South Sudan’s presidential spokesman said the travel documents were issued from the state’s embassy in Khartoum as Ibrahim’s husband was a citizen of South Sudan.

The case of Ibrahim has sparked an international uproar after being sentenced to death despite being pregnant at the time. Ibrahim also gave birth while in prison. Her case has also been closely watched by London and Washington.

Last month, Sudanese charge d’affaires were summoned to dissent the initial death sentence imposed on Ibrahim. Sudanese government was also urged to maintain its international duties on religious freedom.

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