Under Islamic law, a convict can escape punishment if the victim’s family agrees to diyat, a form of financial compensation.

The family of the Yemeni man murdered by Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse sentenced to death, has firmly rejected any ...

Rooted in the concept of 'an eye for an eye, under Yemen’s legal system, the victim’s family is allowed to seek retributive ...

Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen has been postponed post intervention by religious leaders. Priya, who hails from ...

Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was scheduled to be executed in Yemen on Wednesday, got a sigh of relief after the Houthi-run ...

Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad said he successfully deferred the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen, following intense ...

Yemen postpones execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya on death row - Postponement of Nimisha Priya’s execution is only a temporary relief as efforts being made to secure pardon from victim’s kin ...

It was a race against time, and after a lengthy period of multipronged negotiations, the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha ...

The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, has intervened to delay the execution of Nimisha Priya in Yemen. Through talks with ...