The human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman has criticized US President Donald Trump’s executive order that bars refugees and immigrants of seven Muslim-majority countries including Yemen from entering America.

In her today’s speech during the opening of the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace laureates in the Colombian capital of Bogota, Karman said the executive orders signed by Trump are racist and incompatible with democracy.

"The ban on entry of citizens of some countries to the United States discriminates on grounds of religion, and this is incompatible with democracy," she added.

Mrs. Karman pointed out that Muslims are over 1.5 billion people in the world, and they can’t be in any way terrorists, stressing that what should be done is to take action against terrorism.

"You cannot isolate the Muslims because they have another religion Mr. Trump," she continued. 

Additionally, Karman stressed the need to "end the prevailing violence because the only way for us is peace."

She called for a struggle "for peace and civil justice among all of us, emphasizing the need to "renounce speech of violence and racism and discrimination.”

The Nobel laureate expressed regret for the rise of the phenomenon of intolerance in the world.

Regarding the situation in Yemen, Karman said a sustainable peace should go through several steps, including disarmament of the militia, as the means of violence should fall exclusively with the authority of the state. 

She also stressed the importance to make all armed groups turn into political parties, and mete out justice to everyone. 

The 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace laureates, which runs until next Sunday, sheds light on different issues related to human rights, peace and development.