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In a case that has gripped India and drawn the attention of international human rights groups, Kerala-born nurse Nimisha Priya is now just two days away from execution in Yemen. As the deadline looms-July 16-legal teams, diplomats, and her family are scrambling to negotiate her release through blood money, the only remaining legal option under Yemeni law.
Nimisha Priya, 37, hails from Palakkad district in Kerala. She moved to Yemen in 2008 to work as a nurse and later opened a clinic with the help of a Yemeni national, Talal Abdo Mahdi. Over time, their partnership reportedly turned coercive. Priya has alleged that Mahdi...