- By Geeta Pandey
- BBC News, Delhi
The family of an Indian nurse who is on death row in Yemen has travelled to the war-torn country to seek a pardon from the victim’s relatives.
Nimisha Priya from India’s Kerala state was convicted of the 2017 murder of a local man, Talal Abdo Mahdi.
In November, Yemen’s Supreme Judicial Council rejected her appeal, clearing the way for her execution.
But as Yemen follows Sharia law, she can secure a pardon by paying diyah or “blood money” to the victim’s family.
On Tuesday, her mother Prema Kumari, husband Tomy Thomas and 11-year-old daughter Mishal, arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, accompanied by Samuel Jones, a member of a lobby group called Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council. They will attempt to meet Nimisha in Sanaa central jail where she is being held.
They will then travel to meet the victim’s family to persuade them to spare Nimisha’s…