The case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen, has raised serious questions about the protection of citizens abroad, the role of the Indian government in handling such cases, and the broader implications of foreign legal systems on our nationals.
Nimisha Priya, who has been sentenced to death in Yemen, is a trained nurse and has worked in private hospitals in Yemen for a few years. She was awarded a life sentence in 2020 after being convicted of killing one Talal Abdo Mahdi, who she accused of fraud and abuse, in 2017.
Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi has approved the death sentence for Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, convicted of murder in Yemen. The execution is scheduled to take place within a month.
Priya was sentenced to death in a 2017 case of murder of a Yemeni national.
