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Centre informs SC it has exhausted all options to save Kerala nurse facing death sentence in Yemen

New Delhi, July 14 (UNI) The Central government today informed the Supreme Court that it has exhausted all possible diplomatic and legal options to save Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national.
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was hearing a plea filed by the Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council, seeking directions to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to secure her release.
Appearing for the Centre, Attorney General (AG) R Venkataramani stated, “Negotiating link has also been done. There is a point till which the Government of India can go. We have reached it. We also told the public prosecutor if the execution could be suspended. But it has not worked out. Nothing matters to the Yemen government.
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