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of Priya have called for a retrial due to these factors. In June 2018, Priya was moved from Al Bayda jail to a prison in Sanaa. In 2020, Priya was again tried, with an identical outcome. That same year, the Save
Nimisha Priya International Action Council was formed by Priya's relatives and other supporters. Since its formation, the group has worked to negotiate for Priya's release.
46:. In 2014, Priya left her job with the hope of starting her own clinic. Per Yemeni law, Priya needed a Yemeni business partner, so she recruited Talal Abdo Mahdi, a local businessman who owned a textile shop. In early 2015, Priya opened the Al Aman Medical Clinic, a 14-bed facility, financing the move with money she and her husband had borrowed.
62:, causing him to die of an overdose. According to Priya and her advocates, she had planned simply to sedate Mahdi, allowing her to retrieve her passport and other documents from his control. After Mahdi died, Priya approached another nurse, who cut up Mahdi's body and disposed of it in a water tank. Priya was arrested near Yemen's
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