Yemen authorities have postponed the execution of Indian nationwide Nimisha Priya, scheduled for July 16, in line with sources. The Authorities of India had intensified efforts in latest days to safe extra time for Priya’s household to achieve a mutually acceptable decision with the sufferer’s household.
The execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been sentenced to demise in Yemen for the 2017 homicide of an area citizen, has been postponed by Yemeni authorities, sources stated on Tuesday. The execution was earlier scheduled for Wednesday, July 16.
Priya sentenced to demise in 2020 for 2017 homicide
Priya, 38, hails from Kollengode in Kerala’s Palakkad district. She was convicted of the homicide of a Yemeni nationwide in July 2017. A courtroom in Yemen handed her the demise penalty in 2020. Her enchantment in opposition to the decision was dismissed by the nation’s Supreme Judicial Council in November 2023.
Lodged in Sana’a jail beneath Houthi management
She is at the moment lodged in a jail in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital that continues to be beneath the management of the Iran-backed Houthi authorities.
India sought extra time for sufferer settlement efforts
Based on sources, the Authorities of India made concerted diplomatic efforts in latest days to hunt extra time for Priya’s household to reach at a mutually agreeable decision with the sufferer’s kin. Indian officers have remained in common contact with each the native jail authorities and the prosecutor’s workplace in Yemen, regardless of the delicate and complicated nature of the case.
These sustained engagements reportedly performed a key function in securing the postponement of the execution.
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) has been concerned within the matter because the starting and continues to render all potential help, sources stated.