In 2009, when Nimisha Priya from Kerala’s Palakkad district travelled to Yemen to work as a nurse, she could never have imagined that her life would one day become the focus of considerable international attention.The 34-year-old is currently on death row for allegedly murdering Talal Abdo Mahdi, a Yemeni citizen, in 2017 by “injecting him…
A senior Iranian official said Thursday that Tehran was ready to take up the case of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national. “We are ready to do whatever we can as it involves a humanitarian issue,” said the official, speaking on condition of…
KOCHI: The husband of Keralite nurse Nimisha Priya, on the death row in Yemen after being convicted of murdering a Yemeni national in 2018, is clinging to hope of “a last-minute pardon” as the clock ticks on his wife’s sentence after President Rashad al-Alimi gave his assent to the verdict last week.“We haven’t slept since…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Tuesday said that the government is extending all possible help after Yemen President Rashad Muhammed al-Alimi approved Kerela nurse Nimisha Priya‘s death sentence for murdering her husband.“We are aware of the sentencing of Nimisha Priya in Yemen,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.“We understand that the family of…
KOCHI: A campaign in her native Kerala to secure the release of nurse Nimisha Priya from death row in Yemen suffered a setback Monday after President Rashad Muhammed al-Alimi approved her sentence for murder. Nimisha, from Palakkad, was convicted of murdering a Yemeni citizen, Talal Abdo Mahdi, in 2018 and has been in Yemen’s central…
