Yemen Sanctions Kerala Nurse’s Death Sentence For Murder, India RespondsWith Yemen President Rashad al-Alimi also rejecting Nimisha Priya’s appeal, her release depended on securing forgiveness from the victim’s family and their tribal leaders and paying them blood money.India said in a statement today that it was aware of Nimisha Priya’s death sentence in Yemen and was extending all possible help to her family.We understand that the family of Priya is exploring relevant options. The government is extending all possible help in the matter,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in the statement.
The Yemeni President’s decision came as a shock to Nimisha Priya’s family in Kerala, which has been making efforts to save the 36-year-old from death row. Her mother Prema Kumari, 57, reached Sana’a, Yemen’s capital, earlier this year and has since been reportedly staying there to secure a waiver of the death penalty and negotiate the blood money with the family of the man she killed.
Nimisha Priya was found guilty of killing Talal Abdo Mahdi, a Yemeni national, in 2017. A year later, she was sentenced to death by a trial court in Yemen. Since then, her family has been fighting for her release. They approached the Yemini Supreme Court against the trial court’s order, but their appeal was rejected in 2023. Now, with the country’s President also rejecting Priya’s appeal, her release depends on securing the forgiveness of the victim’s family and their tribal leaders.
