In an interview with British newspaper The Guardian, persecuted Christian Meriam Ibrahim says her newborn daughter is physically handicapped because she was forced to give birth with her legs shackled to a wall.

Ibrahim, who is currently seeking refuge inside the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, gave her first interview after being released from her incarceration on charges of apostasy and adultery.

Ibrahim said that she was shackled with chains, not cuffs, and that her legs were forced together by the chains.  The guards would not release the chains so that she could open her legs for the birth and her daughter’s legs were injured during the birth.

“I couldn’t open my legs so the women had to lift me off the table,” Ibrahim told the Guardian.  “I wasn’t lying on the table.”

Ibrahim said it wasn’t clear yet if the child will need help walking as she grows older because of the injuries.

Sudan is forcing Ibrahim to stay in the country claiming she forged her papers to leave.  Ibrahim told the Guardian that she has a document from South Sudan because that is where her husband is from and that is proper under international law.  The family has visas to enter the United States when she is able to leave the country.