Nurse Nimisha Priya's Execution In Yemen postponed
Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, on death row in Yemen, will not be executed on July 16, her counsel has said. The fresh date for her execution was not immediately known.
Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, on death row in Yemen, will not be executed on July 16, her counsel has said. However, the fresh date for her execution was not immediately known.
Counsel said that the Kerala nurse’s execution was halted by authorities in Yemen.
The government of India, which has, since the beginning of the case, been rendering all possible assistance in the matter, has made concerted efforts in recent days to seek more time for the family of Nimisha Priya to reach a mutually agreeable solution with the other party.
Indian officials have also been in regular touch with the local jail authorities and the prosecutor’s office.
Earlier today, a news agency quoted sources and stated that last-minute efforts to halt Nimisha Priya’s execution were underway, under the leadership of a Sufi scholar there, at the behest of influential Sunni Muslim leader Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar.
A meeting between representatives of prominent scholars and Sufi leader Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz, and the family of Talal Abdo Mahdi – the Yemeni national allegedly killed by Nimisha Priya in 2017, was expected to be held at Dhamar today, it mentioned.
The development follows after the 94-year-old Musliyar, who is officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad and holds the title of Grand Mufti of India, held talks with religious authorities in Yemen.
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