Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala, is facing execution in Yemen on July 16 after being convicted of murdering a Yemeni national.

She moved to Yemen in 2011 to support her family back in India. Later, Nimisha opened a clinic in partnership with a local man, Talal Abdo Mahdi. Reports say he confiscated her passport, physically abused her, and threatened her life. In desperation to retrieve her passport and flee Yemen, Nimisha attempted to sedate Mahdi, but the dose proved fatal.

Since 2020, Nimisha has been on death row. Her family has now offered ₹8.6 crore as blood money to the victim’s family – a provision under Yemen’s Sharia law – but the Indian government has told the Supreme Court there is "nothing much" it can do diplomatically, as India has no formal ties with the Iran-backed Houthis controlling the region.

The question is – should the Indian government do more, even if diplomatically complex, to save Nimisha Priya’s life?
Or is this purely a legal and private matter between her family and the victim’s relatives?

This is a difficult, emotional, and moral dilemma for every Indian citizen to reflect upon.

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