Govt in touch with friendly nations for help: MEA
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|July 18, 2025
THE Indian government is making urgent efforts to avert the execution of Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen, to allow her family more time to reach a "mutually agreeable solution" with the victim's relatives, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.
Priya, a resident of Kerala, was convicted in the 2017 killing of a Yemeni man and is currently imprisoned in Sana'a, which is under Houthi rebel control. Her execution, initially scheduled for July 16, was postponed following interventions by Indian officials, members of the Indian diaspora
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