Sudanese Meriam Ibrahim`s supporters release shocking video of a woman flogged in public.

Cowering and screaming for mercy as she is lashed dozens of times, this is the fate that awaits mother-of-two Meriam Ibrahim who has been sentenced to death in Sudan for marrying a Christian.

Meriam could be given 100 lashes within days just like this woman as part of her barbaric punishment that has caused outrage worldwide, MailOnline can reveal.

Campaigners today said it could leave Meriam scarred, humiliated and with deep psychological wounds that may never heal.

Inhumane: In the 2010 video an unidentified woman is ordered to get on her knees as police gear up to whip her

Meriam is still recovering from giving birth to her daughter Maya two weeks ago in the prison in the Sudanese capital Khartoum where she has been held captive since last September.

Her son Martin, 20 months, has been in custody with her the whole time too.

Meriam, 27, a doctor, was put on death row after being convicted of apostasy and adultery by a strict Islamic court.

Her case has attracted the condemnation of the governments of Britain, the US and the Netherlands who have branded her treatment as 'barbaric'.

The Sudanese government appeared to be on the verge of agreeing to releasing Meriam last week under the growing international pressure - but did a dramatic U-turn.

Degrading: The woman was flogged in public as an example to others. The Sudanese government confirmed the authenticity of the video saying she was being punished under Articles 154 and 155 of their penal code

Begging: As the end of the whip cracks against her back the woman pleads for mercy and her mother

It is now waiting for the outcome of her appeal, which will be within the next week or two.

International human rights organisation REDRESS told MailOnline that pressure needed to be maintained on Sudan to make sure that Meriam is freed.

Lutz Oette, of REDRESS, said: 'This may well be the fate that awaits Meriam unless her appeal is successful. The video shows how flogging violates the dignity of its victims who are more often than not women.

'REDRESS calls for an end to this practice, which is cruel, inhuman and degrading.'

The footage of the flogging was originally filmed in December 2010 and shows the woman wearing a full hijab in a public area surrounded by policemen in blue uniforms as a crowd of men look on.

She is clearly distressed and is seen holding up her hands as she is told: 'We’ll jail you for two years if you don’t bend down and sit on the ground'.

U-turn: The Sudanese government - in the face of growing international pressure - claimed that Meriam (being held with her baby and son Martin in prison) would be released. That was a few weeks ago and she is still there

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