Nimisha Priya’s execution has been postponed by Yemen

Yemen Houthis have postponed the execution of Indian nurse from Kerala Nimisha Priya, sources told The Hindu, on Tuesday (July 15, 2025).

The sources said “In the case of Indian nurse Nimishapriya, it has been learnt that the local authorities in Yemen have postponed the execution scheduled for July 16, 2025.”

She was scheduled to be executed in Houthis-controlled Yemen on July 16, 2025 on charges of murdering her business partner.

Earlier in the day, the fate of Nimisha Priya appeared to be brightening up following the intervention of Indian Grand Mufti and Sunni leader Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar.

Mr. Musliar intervened in the case through his friend and renowned Yemeni scholar Sheikh Habib Umar. As per Mr. Umar’s request, a close relative of the deceased and the Chief Justice of Hudaydah State Court have reportedly arrived at Damar, Yemen, to take part in the discussions, said sources close to Mr. Musliar.

Mr. Umar is a member of the Yemen Shura Council and a follower of the Sufi order.

On July 8, it was reported that Nimisha Priya, who is on death row at the Central prison in Yemen’s capital Sanaa for the alleged murder of a Yemeni national, is scheduled to be executed on July 16, according to unconfirmed reports.

In 2020, a Yemeni court handed her the death sentence and the country’s Supreme Judicial Council dismissed her appeal in November 2023.

The 38-year-old nurse is presently lodged in a jail in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital city that is under the control of Iran-backed Houthis.