Family members of an Indian nurse who is on death row in war-torn Yemen say they are pinning their hopes on a last-ditch effort to save her. Nimisha Priya, 34, was sentenced to death for the murder of a local man - her former business partner Talal Abdo Mahdi - whose chopped-up body was discovered in a water tank in 2017.

Under Sharia law, the only way to stop the execution now is securing a pardon from the victim’s family. Nimisha Priya’s family and supporters have paid ‘diyah’, or blood money, to the victim’s family and negotiations are on.

There are signs of hope regarding the potential release of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been imprisoned in Yemen since 2017 for the murder of Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mahdi. Social worker Samuel Jerome,

The government on Tuesday confirmed that it is aware of the death sentence awarded to Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse, in Yemen and said it is extending all possible assistance in the matter. In response to media queries,

India is making urgent efforts to save Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for the alleged murder of a Yemeni national.

The Yemeni embassy clarified that President Rashad al-Alimi has not ratified the death sentence of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, contradicting earlier reports. Priya, convicted of killing a Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mahdi,

The 36-year-old nurse from Palakkad in Kerala is being held in a jail in Sana’a, currently under the control of Iran-backed Houthi rebels