On death row in Yemen: Mehbooba seeks EAM's intervention to save Indian nurse

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 to death in 2020, and her final appeal was rejected in 2023. She is currently imprisoned in a jail in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.

"Nimisha Priya an Indian nurse is facing execution in Yemen on 16th July. She was allegedly subjected to severe abuse and in an attempt to defend her herself a man died," Mehbooba wrote in a post on X.

The PDP chief said Priya now faces the death penalty, and as per the Yemeni law, clemency is possible only through blood money.