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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

Victim’s family refuses to pardon Indian nurse on death row in Yemen: ‘Blood cannot be bought’

The family of a Yemeni man killed by an Indian nurse has refused to grant her a pardon, dashing hopes of her family to negotiate a deal that will save her from execution.

Talal Abdo Mahdi’s brother said they “reject any form of settlement” and that “blood cannot be bought”, a day after the execution of Nimisha Priya was postponed following a pressure campaign to buy time for clemency.

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