‘Nimisha Priya’s sentence canceled, reversed punishment-a-death decision’, know who made this big claim

The claim of the death sentence of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen was claimed by the office of Grand Mufti Abubakar of Kanthapuram AP. However, this claim has been described by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs wrong information. The Muslim office said, “Nimisha Priya’s death sentence has been canceled, which was previously suspended.” The office of the Muslim said, “Earlier, the decision was taken in a high-level meeting in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, in which Nimisha Priya’s death was temporarily suspended. However, now in a new decision, it has been decided to completely cancel his sentence.

Priya’s hanging was fixed on 16 July 2025, but a day earlier India’s Grand Mufti AP Abubakar Musalup made a personal request to the Yemen government. As a result, the hanging was temporarily stopped. Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs gave a statement that whatever source Nimisha is sharing in the case of cancellation of the hanging associated with Priya is wrong.

Indian Grand Mufti, Kanthapuram AP Abubakker Muslaiyar’s office says, “The death sentence of Nimisha Priya, which was previously suspended, has been overturned. A high-level meeting held in Sanaa decided to completely cancel the death sentence that was temporarily suspended… https://t.co/tD1NVQtM9C

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Nimisha went to Yemen in search of a job
In 2008, 38 -year -old Nurse Nurse Priya of Kerala went to Yemen in search of a job. Nimisha, who came from a Christian family, opened a clinic with Talal Abdo Mahdi, a Yemani citizen in Sana. Meanwhile, Mahdi started harassing Priya. Mahdi publicly declared herself her husband. Seized his passport. He was forced to live in Yemen. However, Priya wanted to return to India, but it was not possible without passport. The situation in 2017 became serious when he tried to withdraw his passport by unconsciousness of Mahdi, but due to excessive drug dose, Mahdi died and a case of murder was registered on Nimisha.

Legal process and death sentence confirmed
After his arrest in 2018, Nimisha Priya was prosecuted and in 2020, the Yemen court sentenced her to death. In December 2024, Yemen President Rashad Al-Ali and in January 2025, Huki leader Mahdi al-Maashat gave formal approval to the death sentence. The matter came into international headlines when various human rights organizations, Indian social workers and media raised their voice against it.

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