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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is actively working to support Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen.
India is offering all possible help to the family of Nimisha Priya as she remains on the death row in Yemen for killing her partner, a Yemeni citizen.
Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner, was granted a last-minute reprieve from ...
The brother of the Yemeni national who was allegedly killed by Nimisha Priya has opposed any pardon to the Kerala nurse in the case.
Nimisha Priya, the Kerala nurse on death row in Yemen, has temporarily been spared execution for murder, but her fate now rests significantly on one word: ‘qisas’. The brother of Talal Abdo Mahdi, the ...
A person convicted of murder in Yemen can be spared execution if all legal heirs of the victim agree to grant pardon, usually in exchange for blood money, according to Sharia law.
After efforts from multiple corners, the Yemeni authorities postponed Nimisha Priya's execution which was scheduled for today, July 16 ...
On the case of Nimisha Priya, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "The government of India has been offering all possible assistance. We have provided legal assistance and appointed a lawyer to ...
India's Grand Mufti Sheikh Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar intervened to postpone the execution of Nimisha Priya, a nurse ...
Kerala nurse went to Gulf nation in 2008; went through many upheavals to since land in jail for murder; 'Grand Mufti’, Islamic law become key to saving her now ...
By Hera Rizwan The Union government informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it has taken all possible steps to save Nimisha ...
Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen has been postponed post intervention by religious leaders. Priya, who hails from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, was found guilty of murdering a Yemeni ...