The human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman said Yemen now is not in good condition, but it will recover and be free when it restores its state.

In an interview with Algeria’s El Bilad newspaper, Karman stated; "We are aware that the country’s situation is very complex, but we are a determined people whose dictionary is free of words such defeat and retreat.”

Karman explained that the demands of Yemenis are to build a civil state based on the principles of equal citizenship, the rule of law and human rights, which, as she pointed out, used not to be there before Yemen’s revolution taken place on February 2011.

"We are fighting to topple a bloody coup that has undermined state institutions, and seeks to bring us back to the time of masters and slaves, but we have the right and duty to resist," she explained. 

UN Security Council’s recent reports confirm that the Houthi militia, allied with the deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and supported and financed by Iran has possessed new weapons, added Karman. 

With emphasis on her fixed position towards the Arab Spring, the mother of revolution acknowledged the Arab Spring revolutions “have circumstantially failed”, stressing that they will get up again and achieve their objectives set by peoples.

With regard to her relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood, she confirmed her position is completely clear from the outset, in a clear reference to previous statements in which she strongly criticized the Islamic group, denying any secret contacts as some claim.

The Nobel Winner mocked the decision to add Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to list of terrorist groups, harshly criticizing the Egyptian government for putting ex-football star Mohammed Aboutrika to a terror list for his alleged links with the banned Muslim Brotherhood.