Nimisha Priya Case: Indian Nurse on Death Row in Yemen
Nimisha Priya is on death row at the Central prison in Yemen’s capital Sanaa. She has been charged with the muder of a Yemeni citizen. With her execution slated for 16th July, it can be said that the government has exhausted all possible ways to get her pardoned. But how did this unique case come about? Left with Dreams, Burdened with Reality Nimisha, a native of Kollengode in Palakkad district of Kerala, left for Yemen in 2008 for better work opportunities. She joined a government hospital in Sanaa as a nurse. In April 2015, the GOI issued an advisory. It…
