Kerala Woman's Appeal Against Death Penalty Dismissed In Yemen
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Priya was convicted of killing Talal Abdo Mahdi after she injected him with sedatives in an attempt to retrieve her passport from his possession.
The Supreme Court of Yemen has rejected an appeal against the death sentence of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, who has been imprisoned in the country since 2017 for the murder of a Yemeni national. Priya was convicted of killing Talal Abdo Mahdi after she injected him with sedatives in an attempt to retrieve her passport from his possession.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday urged Centre to make a decision within a week on a request from Priya's mother to travel to Yemen. Priya's mother approached the Delhi High Court earlier this year, seeking permission to travel to Yemen despite a travel ban for Indian nationals, put in place since 2017 owing to the ongoing civil war in the Arab nation.
The Kerala nurse's woman reportedly wants to travel to Yemen to negotiate "blood money" or compensation with Mahdi's family to secure her release.
