Indian nurse Nimisha Priya of Kerala is to be executed in Yemen on July 16, 2025. The Centre has already informed the Supreme Court that “There’s nothing much the government can do.” Her case, shrouded in controversy and prosecuted by the de facto regime allegedly led by the Houthis, instead of the internationally recognised judicial system of Yemen, has brought the critical plight of Indian migrant labourers overseas into the open, particularly those who find themselves in legal black holes where due process is discretionary and consular protections mostly unavailable.