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, but her fate remains uncertain as the victim's family refuses all offers of reconciliation or blood money, insisting on Qisas, or retributive ...

Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen has been delayed following diplomatic negotiations. Despite this, the family of Talal Abdo ...

The execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, has been postponed by Yemeni authorities, government ...

Kerala Nurse Nimisha Priya's execution has been postponed but the Yemeni family has reiterated demand for capital punishment.

Yemen’s Islamic judicial system, known as Sharia, is offering a last hope where she could secure a pardon from the victim’s ...

Under Yemen’s Islamic legal framework, Qisas permits a murder victim’s family to demand punishment equal to the crime — in ...

Talal Abdo Mahdi’s family insists on the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, convicted of his 2017 murder in Yemen.

Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse facing execution in Yemen, has her fate hanging in the balance. The victim's family vehemently ...

THE law of qisas is derived from the primary source of Islamic law: the Quran. The Quran uses the term ‘qisas’ in the sense of ‘equality’. Let us briefly look at the principle of qisas ...

The Qisas and Diyat laws are based on precepts of equal retribution and compensation. The basic principle of justice in Islamic laws as well as secular laws is proportionality or equal treatment: ...

Qisas are also in use for juvenile offenders. Sharia law defines the age of criminal responsibility for girls to be nine-years-old, and 15 for boys. In 2019, 225 executions were carried out as ...