After the execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya was indefinitely postponed by Yemeni authorities on Tuesday (July15), the brother of the victim said that they will continue to seek retribution, or ...

Brother of the man Nimisha Priya is convicted of murdering is angered by reports that his family would settle for blood money; he has insisted on ‘qisas’ ...

Indian officials and religious leaders are mediating with the family, hoping to achieve a pardon. Priya's final appeal was rejected in 2023, following her 2020 sentencing. The Indian government ...

A person convicted of murder in Yemen can be spared execution if all legal heirs of the victim agree to grant pardon, usually in exchange for blood money, according to Sharia law.

The brother of the Yemeni national who was allegedly killed by Nimisha Priya has opposed any pardon to the Kerala nurse in the case.

The execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, convicted of murdering a Yemeni national in 2017, has been postponed — but the victim’s family remains resolute in demanding capital punishment. Priya, a ...

Nimisha's story is, sadly, one that epitomises the hopes and vulnerabilities of many Keralites who seek opportunity in ...

Dubai: Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala’s Palakkad district, moved to Yemen in 2008 with hopes of securing a better future for her family. Like many Indian healthcare workers abroad, she worked hard ...

Nimisha Priya's execution has been postponed, prompting her victim's brother to demand retribution. The execution was ...

Under Islamic law, a convict can escape punishment if the victim’s family agrees to diyat, a form of financial compensation.

The family of the Yemeni man murdered by Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse sentenced to death, has firmly rejected any ...

His brother, Abdel Fateh Mahdi, is speaking publicly for the first time in details about what they believe truly happened ...