As media reports claimed that Yemen's President Rashad al-Alimi approved the death sentence of Priya, the embassy issued a clarification. Priya has been accused of killing a Yemeni citizen.

The Yemeni capital punishment handed to Indian nurse Nimisha Priya has not been ratified by President Rashad al-Alimi, the Yemen Embassy in New Delhi clarified on Monday (6 January).

The Yemeni embassy clarified that President Rashad al-Alimi has not ratified the death sentence of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, contradicting earlier reports. Priya, convicted of killing a Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mahdi,

Indian citizen Nimisha Priya is facing a death row for a murder in Yemen. What options and legal remedies does she have now to avoid death row?

Nimisha Priya is a trained nurse and has worked in private hospitals in Yemen for a few years. Yemen’s Supreme Court had on November 13 last year dismissed the appeal of Nimisha Priya against her death sentence.

There are signs of hope regarding the potential release of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been imprisoned in Yemen since 2017 for the murder of Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mahdi. Social worker Samuel Jerome,

Nimisha Priya's case is back in the spotlight following comments from MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswa. Yemen media reports indicate her execution may take place within a month, prompting inquiries into the details of her case.

Nimisha Priya's husband and daughter returned to India in 2014, due to financial reasons, and could not go back as Yemen halted visa service due to the ongoing civil war. Later in 2015, Nimisha joined hands with a Mahdi to set up her clinic in Yemen's capital city Sana as under Yemen's law only nationals are allowed to set up clinics and business firms.

India is making urgent efforts to save Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for the alleged murder of a Yemeni national.