Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights advocate Tawakkol Karman reiterated today that the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are fully responsible for systematic destruction of Yemen and the suffering of Yemeni people.

In a statement shared on Twitter early Tuesday evening, Mrs. Karman launched a scathing attack on the two main members of the Arab military coalition fighting in Yemen, UAE and Saudi Arabia, accusing them of playing destructive roles in the war-torn country. 

Karman said that while Riyadh is placing President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi along with many party and state leaders under house arrest, “the UAE occupation forces keep arresting and forcibly disappearing “hundreds of activists, political leaders and the anti-hegemonic southern resistance”.

Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia has led a military intervention in Yemen under the pretext to restore the legitimate authority represented by President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi and end the coup carried out by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia and forces of their close ally, ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh.