Ted Cruz Joins Demonstrators in Front of White House; Calls on Obama to Help Imprisoned Sudanese Christian Woman

Photo Credit: The Christian Post / Sonny HongA group of demonstrators representing over 40 different organizations gathered outside the White House to demand that Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death for apostasy in Sudan, be freed.

Dozens of protesters, including U.S. Congressman Trent Franks of Arizona and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, stood outside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on a warm overcast Thursday morning to demand the freeing of Ibrahim.

In an interview with The Christian Post, Senator Cruz said that the effort to free Meriam Ibrahim was part of a grander need for the United States to address international religious liberty.

“There are assaults on religious liberty across the globe and Christians in particular are being persecuted across the globe,” said Cruz, who called the Ibrahim episode “startling.”

“We need far more leadership speaking out for religious liberty of everyone. And especially for Christians who are being targeted.”

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