The human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman has reiterated her rejection of any political settlement allowing ousted president Ali Saleh to continue in politics and overlooking justice whereby there should be no impunity for war criminals, indicating she may run for presidential election when there will be a democratic state where equal opportunities exist for all. 

In an interview with The New Arab newspaper headquartered in London, Karman said there is no way to accept any political compromise that ignores justice, as there is no peace without justice and peace will never prevail unless criminals and those involved in the commission of massacres, topped by ousted president, are brought to trial. 

"We will be against any political agreement that does not lead to the extension of state control over the entire national territory, empowering the state to be the only body that has exclusive rights to have weapons and implementing the national dialogue outcomes, which had been agreed upon by all parties before Saleh-Houthi alliance spoiled everything."

She added she does not worry about the future and that the horizon unlimitedly extends and is open to a free and dignified life for all Yemenis. 

Mrs. Karman pointed out that the political parties in Yemen during the transitional period worked based on the doctrine of “sharing of benefits”, which, as she says, was a key factor in victory of the counter-revolution in the country.

Finally, she explained that the coup led by the militias of Houthis and ousted president in 2014 has brought war and foreign intervention to Yemen and caused all these disasters and destruction.