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Kerala Nurse On Death Row in Yemen: Can India Save Nimisha Priya From Execution on July 16? 34-year-old Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala, is facing execution in Yemen on July 16. Arrested in 2017 for the murder of her Yemeni partner, Nimisha claims she was a victim of abuse and never intended to kill. Her lawyers say it was a tragic accident during an attempt to escape. But Yemen's courts sentenced her to death by execution, and the clock is ticking. Now, there's one way out: 'Blood Money', a ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13: The gravity of charges against Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been sentenced to death by a Yemeni court after being convicted of murdering a citizen of the country, has made it difficult for the efforts to seek relief for her to succeed, sources said. With Priya likely to be executed on July 16 in Yemen, there have been calls by her family and various political parties and organisations to the Indian government to make diplomatic efforts to save her. According to Yemen ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 13 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to intervene in the matter related to Nimisha Priya facing the death penalty in Yemen. This comes amid reports of a 37-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala scheduled to be executed on July 16. The trial court convicted her of killing the Yemeni national, a decision that the country's Supreme Judicial Council upheld in November 2023. "Kindly find encl ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 13 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to intervene in the matter related to Nimisha Priya facing the death penalty in Yemen. This comes amid reports of a 37-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala scheduled to be executed on July 16. The trial court convicted her of killing the Yemeni national, a decision that the country Supreme Judicial Council upheld in November 2023. Kindly find enclose ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a plea seeking directions to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya from execution. Indian national Nimisha Priya, who has been sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national, Talal Abdo Mehd and has been in prison for the last three years, is tentatively set to be executed on July 16. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a Bench of Ju ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save an Indian nurse, who is likely to be executed in Yemen on July 16 for murder charges. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta is likely to hear the matter. The matter was mentioned for urgent hearing on July 10 after advocate Subhash Chandran KR said diplomatic channels need to be explored at the earliest. He had submitted that payment of blood mo ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 12 (PTI) AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday claimed that the central government was not taking any steps to intervene with the execution of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from the state convicted of murder in Yemen. Venugopal contended that it was "sad" that the Centre was not showing any urgency in the matter despite the issue being brought to the attention of the Prime Minister and the External Affairs Ministry. Also Read | Maharashtra Language Row: 'Everyone Sh ...Read More >
New Delhi (AsiaNews) - The death sentence inflicted on Indian nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen is at the centre of intense diplomatic activity, after local media reported 16 July as the scheduled date for her execution. Originally from Kerala, a state in southern India, she was convicted of killing a Yemeni man who held her prisoner. Priya's story, 37, begins in 2011 (or perhaps 2008, according to some sources), when she moved to Yemen to work as a nurse to financially support her elderly parents. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: With just days left before Indian nurse Nimisha Priya is scheduled to be executed in Yemen, her husband Tomy Thomas said he remains hopeful. He added that he is in regular contact with Nimisha and that the central and state governments, along with the ministry of external affairs, are involved in the case. "We expect a positive response," he said."I am in contact with Nimisha. It is possible to send text and voice messages to her. I met the Governor yesterday, who offered all support ...Read More >
PALAKKAD: Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is on death row in Yemen, has been informed that her execution is scheduled for 16 July. Her husband, Tomy Thomas, confirmed this while speaking to The New Indian Express over the phone on Friday. According to Thomas, Nimisha conveyed the news through WhatsApp text and voice messages sent last week from the Central Prison in Sana'a, where she is currently held. She allegedly told him that the chairman of the prison personally informed her of the decisio ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a petition seeking urgent intervention by the Centre to save Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse on death row in Yemen, from execution scheduled on July 16. A bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi posted the matter for hearing on July 14 before a regular bench. Advocate Subhash Chandran KR, representing the petitioner, urged that immediate diplomatic efforts are needed to prevent the execution. Senior advocate Ragenth B ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 10: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday sought External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's intervention to save the Indian nurse facing execution in Yemen. The former Chief Minister also made a fervent appeal to people to donate generously for raising blood money needed for getting clemency for Nimisha Priya. Notably, Priya, 38, a nurse from Palakkad district of Kerala, was convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner in 2017. She was sentenced t ...Read More >
New Delhi: Communist Party of India Rajya Sabha MP P Sandosh Kumar on Thursday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and urged him to use "every possible diplomatic and humanitarian channel" to secure a stay on the execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen. In a letter to Jaishankar, Kumar said reports indicate that the execution may be carried out within days. "Nimisha's case has not only shaken the conscience of the public but also raised serious concerns about the lack of l ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on July 14 a petition seeking directions to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya from execution. Indian national Nimisha Priya, who has been sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national, Talal Abdo Mehd and has been in a Yemeni prison for the last three years, is tentatively set to be executed on July 16, following the approval of the Yemeni President Rashad al ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 10 (PTI) PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday sought External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's intervention to save the Indian nurse facing execution in Yemen. The former chief minister of J-K also appealed to people to donate generously for raising blood money needed for getting clemency for Nimisha Priya. Priya, 38, a nurse from Palakkad district of Kerala, was convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner in 2017. She was sentenced to death in 2020, and her final appeal wa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to make an attempt to save an Indian nurse, who is likely to be executed in Yemen on July 16 for murder charges. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi listed the matter for hearing on July 14 after advocate Subhash Chandran KR said diplomatic channels need to be explored at the earliest. Also Read | Vijay Deverakonda, Rana Daggubati and Pra ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save an Indian nurse, who is likely to be executed in Yemen on July 16 for murder charges. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi listed the matter for hearing on July 14 after advocate Subhash Chandran KR said diplomatic channels need to be explored at the earliest. He submitted that payment of blood money to the family of the deceased p ...Read More >
KOCHI: Vinitha Radhakrishnan's long vigil for her childhood friend Nimisha Priya teeters on the edge of desperation at the thought of what July 16 might bring.That's the date set by Yemen to execute the 37-year-old expat nurse from Kerala, convicted in 2018 of murdering her Yemeni business partner and kept on death row at the central prison in Sana'a since. It's a reality Vinitha and everyone else in Poonkayam village of Palakkad district still haven't reconciled to."We can never imagine Nimisha ...Read More >
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, July 9: Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been convicted of the murder of Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mehdi, is set to be executed on July 16. Priya has been in a Yemeni prison for the last three years. According to the negotiator S.J. Bhaskaran, after the news of the execution came on Tuesday, he will leave for Yemen. Priya's husband, Tomy Thomas, and their daughter are expecting that they will be able to prevail upon the family of Mehdi to resolve the case by payi ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram/ New Delhi: Sources have noted that they are closely following the matter on the Nimisha Priya case in Yemen, where she was convicted for the crime of murder in June 2018. According to sources, the matter continues to be closely followed. Samuel Jerome, negotiator in the case on behalf of Nimisha's mother Prema Kumari, stated that the Indian government had the option to intervene in the case to potentially save the nurse's life. Jerome explained that they had offered blood mo ...Read More >
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been convicted of the murder of Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mehdi, is set to be executed on July 16. Priya has been in a Yemeni prison for the last three years. According to the negotiator S.J. Bhaskaran, after the news of the execution came on Tuesday, he will leave for Yemen. Priya's husband, Tomy Thomas, and their daughter are expecting that they will be able to prevail upon the family of Mehdi to resol ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) India is engaged in efforts to prevent the execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse convicted in a murder case in Yemen whose death sentence is set to be carried out on July 16, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, was found guilty of murdering a Yemeni man in July 2017. He was her business partner. In 2020, a Yemeni court handed her the death sentence, and the country's Supreme Judicial Council ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) India is engaged in efforts to prevent the execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse convicted in a murder case in Yemen whose death sentence is set to be carried out on July 16, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, was found guilty of murdering a Yemeni man in July 2017. He was her business partner. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi Enjoys Indian Classical Music Performance With Brazilian President L ...Read More >
An Indian national Nimisha Priya -- who is on death row after being convicted for the murder of a Yemeni national -- will be executed on July 16. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) sources informed that the ministry is closely following the matter. "We have been in touch with local authorities and her family members and rendered all possible assistance. We continue to closely follow the matter," sources said. Priya, who hails from Kollengode town in Kerala's Palakkad, worked as a nurse in ...Read More >
New Delhi: Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who was convicted of murdering a Yemeni citizen, is scheduled to be executed in Yemen on July 16. The victim, Talal Abdo Mehdi, was a local man with whom Nimisha had run a clinic, reported The Indian Express. Quoting Samuel Jerome Baskaran, a social worker involved in talks with Yemeni officials and Talal's family, the news report mentioned that he confirmed the execution date. "The public prosecutor has sent the letter of prosecution to the jail authoriti ...Read More >
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