Kiri Kankhwende. 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. CNN's Catherine Shoichet, Christabelle Fombu, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Mohammed Osman contributed to this report.