Indian Nurse Nimisha Priya On Death Row In Yemen: Execution Date Set For 16 July Amid Diplomatic Efforts

Indian nurse Nimisha Priya will face execution in Yemen on 16 July for allegedly murdering Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mehdi, with whom she ran a clinic, reported The Indian Express.

She allegedly suffered mental, physical, and financial abuse that led to the crime.

A Yemeni trial court sentenced her to death in 2018, and the Supreme Court upheld the verdict. Yemen’s President Rashad al-Alimi approved her execution last year.

Samuel Jerome Baskaran, a social worker negotiating with Talal’s family and Yemeni authorities, was quoted as saying by IE, “The public prosecutor had issued the letter of prosecution to the jail authorities. The execution is scheduled for 16 July. Options are still open. The Government of India can intervene in the matter to save her life.”

Regarding a pardon from the family of Talal, Baskaran said, “We had made an offer to the family during the last meeting. So far, they have not responded. I am leaving for Yemen today to resume the negotiations.”

According to the government sources quoted in the IE report, the MEA is closely following the matter.

"We have been in regular touch with local authorities and her family members and rendered all possible assistance. We continue to closely follow the matter," the sources added.

Nimisha’s mother, Prema Kumari, a domestic worker in Kochi, has stayed in Yemen for a year to seek a pardon.

She met Nimisha in prison several times.

Last year, she approached the Delhi High Court to lift a travel ban so she could visit the conflict-hit country.

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