has flown to Italy after more than a month in the US embassy in
Khartoum.
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and her family flew on an Italian
government plane, accompanied by Italian minister Lapo Pistelli.
Her father is Muslim so according to Sudan's version of Islamic law
she is also Muslim and cannot convert.
She was raised by her Christian mother and says she has never been Muslim.
Mr Pistelli, Italy's vice-minister for foreign affairs, posted a photo
of himself with Mrs Ibrahim and her children on his Facebook
accountas they were about to land in Rome.
"Mission accomplished," he wrote.
The couple got married in a church after meeting in 2011
Mrs Ibrahim's husband, Daniel Wani, also a Christian, is from South
Sudan and has US nationality.
Their daughter Maya was born in prison in May, shortly after Mrs
Ibrahim was sentenced to hang for apostasy - renouncing one's faith -
sparking global outrage.
Under intense international pressure, her conviction was quashed and
she was freed in June.
She was given South Sudanese travel documents but was arrested at
Khartoum airport, with Sudanese officials saying the travel documents
were fake.
These new charges meant she was not allowed to leave the country but
she was released into the custody of the US embassy in Khartoum.
Last week, her father's family filed a lawsuit trying to have her
marriage annulled, on the basis that a Muslim woman is not allowed to
marry a non-Muslim.
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