India, July 9 -- Nimisha Priya, the Indian woman listed for execution in Yemen on July 16 in a murder case, was among hundreds of nurses from Kerala who make their way to countries in the Gulf region every year for jobs.

Priya, 37, from Palakkad district, was one of those nurses until her life took a dark turn and she ended up on death row in a murder case. That, too, in a region of Yemen ruled by a group that India does not have formal diplomatic ties with - the Houthis.

She is currently in jail in the capital city of Sana'a, which is also under Houthi control. The Supreme Judicial Council of the Houthi administration - different from the Yemeni regime of Rashad al-Alimi that has near-global recognition - upheld her death sentence in 2...