Congress MLA appeals to Kerala Guv to save nurse facing execution in Yemen

Thiruvananthapuram | Congress MLA Chandy Oommen, son of late Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, met Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Wednesday to seek urgent intervention in the case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse facing imminent execution in Yemen.

Oommen was accompanied by his mother, Mariyamma Oommen, during the meeting at Raj Bhavan.

The family has taken up the issue as a matter of moral responsibility, recalling that the late Oommen Chandy had personally advocated for Nimisha Priya’s release in his final days.

"Appa (father) gave this issue priority even amid his own health struggles. He spoke to everyone who visited him about intervening in Nimisha's case," Chandy Oommen said.

“We believe this is one of the responsibilities he entrusted to us. Now, with the date of execution approaching, we cannot remain silent,” he said in a Facebook post.

Nimisha Priya, 38, a nurse from Palakkad district in Kerala, was convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner in 2017.

She was sentenced to death in 2020, and her final appeal was rejected in 2023.

She is currently imprisoned in a jail in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.