Kerala nurse on death row in Yemen to be executed July 16

Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was awarded the death penalty in Yemen for the alleged murder of a Yemeni national, is scheduled to be executed on July 16, according to reports.

A few television channels reported the development. However, there was no official confirmation yet from her family members or the representatives of the Save Nimisha Priya Action Council, which had initiated legal and other measures to secure her release from prison

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Nimisha, a native of Palakkad in Kerala, was convicted of murdering Yemeni citizen Talal Abido Mehdi and handed out death sentence by a local court in Yemen in June 2018. The death sentence issued by the trial court was upheld by Yemen’s Supreme Judicial Council in November 2023.

However, the ruling allowed for the possibility of clemency through the payment of “diya”—a form of blood money—to the victim’s family.

The 38-year-old worked as a nurse for several years in Yemen. With Talal’s support, she ran a clinic in Yemen. Reportedly, she faced mental, physical, and financial abuse, which she could not tolerate for long, and murdered him.