Execution of Indian nurse on death row in Yemen stayed, nothing adverse happening, Supreme Court told

Execution of Indian nurse on death row in Yemen stayed, nothing adverse happening, Supreme Court told

The top court was hearing a plea seeking direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save the 38-year-old nurse, who was convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner in 2017. File | Photo: The Hindu The Supreme Court was on Thursday (October 16, 2025) informed that the execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, […]

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Nimisha Priya execution stay: Sunni leader Kanthapuram’s intervention pays off

Nimisha Priya execution stay: Sunni leader Kanthapuram’s intervention pays off

The Yemeni government order staying Nimisha Priya’s execution as shared by Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar on Tuesday | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Yemeni government has frozen the execution of Nimisha Priya, the Malayali nurse awaiting capital punishment for allegedly killing a Yemeni national named Talal Abdo Mahdi. Her execution was earlier scheduled for Wednesday […]

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Nimisha Priya execution postponed: Council confirms progress in talks with victim’s family

Nimisha Priya execution postponed: Council confirms progress in talks with victim’s family

Samuel Jerome Baskaran, a member of the Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council who has been based in Yemen since 1999 and co-ordinating the efforts to secure the release of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya, told The Hindu on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) that the public prosecutor’s office will not issue such an order without seeking […]

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Hope rises in saving Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya facing execution in Yemen as talks progress

Hope rises in saving Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya facing execution in Yemen as talks progress

The fate of Nimisha Priya, the Malayali nurse facing execution in Yemen, appears to be brightening up following the intervention of Indian Grand Mufti and Sunni leader Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar. Discussions are currently under way to save Nimisha Priya from death. A meeting with the family of the deceased Yemeni national is scheduled on […]

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