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 ...

Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner, was granted a last-minute reprieve from execution in Yemen after intense diplomatic and religious intervention.

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

Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad said he successfully deferred the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen, following intense ...

The family of a Yemeni man killed by an Indian nurse has refused to grant her a pardon, dashing hopes of her family to ...

The life of Kerala-based nurse Nimisha Priya - who was facing execution in Yemen - has been temporarily spared thanks to the ...

Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala, moved to Yemen in 2008 to earn a living and support her family. She started by working in ...

The execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen, has been postponed amid last-minute efforts to ...

Indian govt efforts bore fruit, say reports; ‘Grand Mufti of India’ also made outreach to fellow Islamic scholars in ...

At the centre of this dramatic turn was a quiet but powerful intervention by India’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Kanthapuram A.P.

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

Talal Abdo Mehdi's family has refused to pardon Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, demanding execution under Sharia law. Her ...