The human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman stressed the need to stop the war launched by ousted President Ali Saleh and the Houthi militia in Yemen, saying that the war will not stop unless making a sustainable peace becomes main goal.

"We are working for a sustainable peace, and a sustainable peace means an immediate end to the war," Tawakkol Karman told Amnesty International on her visit to the organization's headquarters on March 18.

In addition to the need for justice, she added, peace requires a transitional justice so that victims get their rights and the war’s leaders, including Ali Saleh, are prosecuted and punished, indicating that they should not be allowed to play any political or public activities. 

Karman pointed out that the war came as a result of the coup led by ousted Saleh and the Houthi militia, and that “it is more like a revenge against the peaceful revolution that forced him to leave the power. 

“He is taking revenge with great support from Iran, which supported the deposed and the Houthi militia in order to extend its control over the Arab region completely just like what happened in Syria and Iraq,” Mrs. Karman continued. 

Karman concluded by saying, “This war started by Ali Saleh along with the Houthi militia and with support from Iran led to Saudi-led Arab coalition. We are now under fire.”