Why Kerala Nurse Nimisha Priya Will Be Executed In Yemen Next Week
Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, will be executed on July 16 in Yemen after she was convicted in the murder of a Yemeni national. Her case has been closely monitored by India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Priya, 38, was sentenced to death by a Yemeni trial court in 2020, a verdict later upheld by the country's Supreme Judicial Council in November 2023. Though there remains a narrow possibility of reprieve through the payment of "blood money" to the victim's family, time is rapidly running out.
