The Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist, Tawakkol Karman, today acted as a keynote speaker at Pearson Global Forum 2021, hosted by the Harris School of Public Policy’s Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts.

During the event, Tawakkol Karman emphasized that the solution to Yemen’s tragedy begins with stopping the war, lifting the blockade, ending the Saudi-Emirati intervention, putting an end to Tehran’s supply of weapons to militias, picking up the political process where it left off due to the coup and war.

“It can be said that the main reason behind all the current and expected tragedies and disasters in Yemen lies in the desire to punish peoples for their peaceful revolution against tyranny and corruption and make an example of them to the others in the region who might be tempted to think of or talk about change. Some want to teach a harsh lesson to its own people so that it never seeks change nor even dreams of it”, she noted. 

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