Overview

• The government informed the Supreme Court that it has provided legal counsel and regular consular visits while warning that formal diplomatic avenues are fully tapped.
• The Supreme Court rejected a petition from the Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council to send private emissaries to Yemen, directing all negotiations through government channels.
• Priya’s execution, postponed from its July 16 date, remains on hold but hinges on the victim’s family granting a blood money pardon under Sharia Qisas law.
• Talal Abdo Mahdi’s brother continues to refuse any diyah settlement, insisting on exacting retributive justice rather than accepting compensation.
• The Ministry of External Affairs is engaging friendly nations and respected Islamic clerics to negotiate a clemency agreement for Priya’s safe return.