Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya has been sentenced to death in Yemen. The Yemeni court had sentenced Nimisha to death and the date of execution was fixed on Wednesday (July 16, 2025). Which has now been temporarily postponed. However, the life and fate of Nimisha Priya, who is facing death penalty in Yemen, now depends on Sharia law 'Qisas' because despite the temporary postponement of the death sentence, the threat of death has not been averted from Nimisha.
The victim's side living in Yemen has clearly said that they will not forgive the murder accused Nimisha Priya under any circumstances. Along with this, they have also clearly refused to accept the blood money of about Rs 8.5 crore being offered by Nimisha's family in exchange for her forgiveness.
What is Yemen's Qisas law?
In Yemen and many other Muslim countries where Sharia law is in force, the Qisas law is widely accepted and people of the Muslim community consider it 'Allah's order' because Qisas is a part of Islamic Sharia law, which is based on the Quran's saying - 'An eye for an eye and a life for a life.' This means that if a person commits murder, then under this law the victim's family has the right to forgive the murderer or demand the death penalty for him. Apart from this, there is also an option of blood money, under which the victim's family can forgive the accused by taking compensation.
What is the whole matter?
36-year-old Nimisha Priya is a nurse from Kerala. She went to Yemen in 2008 in search of a job. In Yemen, Nimisha opened a clinic with local citizen Talal Abdo Mehdi, which later went awry. Mehdi took Nimisha's passport and to get it back, Nimisha gave Mehdi an injection that sedated him, leading to his death. After Mehdi's death in 2017, a Yemeni court convicted Nimisha of murder and she was sentenced to death in 2020.
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