<p>New Delhi: The capital punishment handed to Indian nurse Nimisha Priya by a Yemeni court has not been ratified by President Rashad al-Alimi, the West Asian nation's embassy said on Monday.</p><p>The embassy issued the clarification to a media outlet following its report on the case.</p>.Closely following developments: MEA on Nimisha Priya case.<p>The Yemeni government emphasises that the entire case has been handled by the Houthi militias, and therefore, Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, Yemen has not ratified this judgment, the mission said.</p><p>Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July, 2017.</p>.Indian nurse facing death sentence in Yemen; case with Yemeni president: MEA.<p>The 37-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.</p><p>According to reports, Priya was handed capital punishment by a trial court in 2020 while Yemen's Supreme Judicial Council upheld the verdict in November 2023.</p><p>Last week, India said it is closely following the developments in the case.</p><p>External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the government is extending "all possible" help in the matter.</p><p>"We are closely following the developments around the sentencing of Nimisha Priya. The government is extending all possible help in the matter," he said on Friday.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The capital punishment handed to Indian nurse Nimisha Priya by a Yemeni court has not been ratified by President Rashad al-Alimi, the West Asian nation's embassy said on Monday.</p><p>The embassy issued the clarification to a media outlet following its report on the case.</p>.Closely following developments: MEA on Nimisha Priya case.<p>The Yemeni government emphasises that the entire case has been handled by the Houthi militias, and therefore, Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, Yemen has not ratified this judgment, the mission said.</p><p>Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July, 2017.</p>.Indian nurse facing death sentence in Yemen; case with Yemeni president: MEA.<p>The 37-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.</p><p>According to reports, Priya was handed capital punishment by a trial court in 2020 while Yemen's Supreme Judicial Council upheld the verdict in November 2023.</p><p>Last week, India said it is closely following the developments in the case.</p><p>External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the government is extending "all possible" help in the matter.</p><p>"We are closely following the developments around the sentencing of Nimisha Priya. The government is extending all possible help in the matter," he said on Friday.</p>