Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:11am on 04 Jan 2025,Saturday India Global
Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for the 2017 murder of her business partner Talal Abdo Mahdi, faces imminent execution. Family and supporters are negotiating a pardon with Mahdi’s family under Yemen’s Sharia law, which allows clemency in exchange for diyah (blood money). They have raised $40,000 so far but time is running out as Yemen’s Supreme Political Council has approved the death sentence. Nimisha’s family remains hopeful, seeking intervention from the Indian government. Her husband Tony Thomas expressed concern for their 13-year-old daughter, stating, “She needs her mother. What will she do without her?”
