In Yemen, where Islamic law guides the legal system, the decision to pardon a murderer lies solely with the victim’s family. If the family demands Qisas, the court has to carry out the execution, even ...

Despite the temporary reprieve, the victim’s family has made it clear that they are unwilling to accept any settlement or ...

The Kerala-born nurse, who is facing the death sentence in Yemen, has only one option left—clemency from the victim's family.

Priya’s execution had been scheduled for July 16, but was postponed by the government in Yemen amid intensified efforts from ...

Nimisha Priya's execution has been postponed, prompting her victim's brother to demand retribution. The execution was ...

Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen has been postponed post intervention by religious leaders. Priya, who hails from ...

The two Islamic laws are being discussed widely as tension mounts over Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya's fate. Whether the crime ...

India is in touch with some friendly countries and is closely following the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is on death row in Yemen after being convicted of the murder of a Yemeni national.

Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen, scheduled for July 16, was halted on Tuesday. Priya (37), hails from ...

Rooted in the concept of 'an eye for an eye, under Yemen’s legal system, the victim’s family is allowed to seek retributive ...

Yemeni authorities have postponed the execution of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala who was sentenced to death for killing ...

Kerala nurse went to Gulf nation in 2008; went through many upheavals to since land in jail for murder; 'Grand Mufti’, Islamic law become key to saving her now ...