Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, 27, had her conviction for apostasy and adultery reversed by an appellate court
"The appeal court ordered the release of Meriam Yahia and the cancellation of the [previous] court ruling," the report said.
Born to a Christian mother and a Muslim father, Ibrahim was sentenced by a Khartoum court to death by hanging under the country's strict Sharia law after she married a Christian, Daniel Wani, in 2011.
Daniel Wani with his wife Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith
In Sudan interfaith marriage is forbidden and, according to Islamic law, children inherit the father's religion while the mother's line is considered irrelevant.
Ibrahim claimed she was raised as a Christian and refused to renounce her faith. She was thus accused of renouncing Islam through her marriage and sentenced to death.
She was also sentenced to 100 lashes after being convicted of adultery, as her marriage was deemed invalid.
Ibrahim was thrown in jail with her 20-month-old son, and gave birth to a baby girl while in chains.
Her case had sparked global outrage
Meriam Ibrahim faces up to seven years in jail over new offences levelled at her by the Sudanese regime
The mother-of-two was told the devastating news after being detained as she tried to fly out of the African country hours after a death sentence against her was dropped.
Dr Ibrahim, 27, was charged with obtaining a false travel document and giving false information to immigration officials - and banned from leaving Sudan.
Meriam poses hours after her release with her husband, Daniel (left) and her children, Martin (on Daniel's knee) and baby Maya and all those who bravely fought for her freedom in Sudan. Now they have all been thrown back in a jail cell after they were arrested for trying to leave the country
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