Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent human rights activist Tawakkol Karman announced on Sunday that former Yemeni President Ali Salem al-Beidh is in good health and expected to be discharged from the hospital on Monday.

In a statement shared via her official Facebook page, Karman relayed the update following a conversation with Hani Ali Salem al-Beidh, the son of the former president. She assured the public that the 85-year-old al-Beidh is recovering well and expressed her admiration for his leadership, describing him as “an exceptional leader and the father of all Yemenis.”

“I convey this reassuring news to our Yemeni people, who love and are deeply grateful to President al-Beidh,” Karman wrote.

Al-Beidh, who served as the final president of the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) before unification, is widely recognized for his role in the historic declaration of Yemeni unity in 1990. Karman emphasized this legacy, asserting that the unification of North and South Yemen was a singular achievement attributed to al-Beidh alone.

“He is the one who made the historic decision to declare the Republic of Yemen,” Karman stated, dismissing the narrative of joint partnership with former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. “Whoever was described as a partner was a false partner — a mere thief and traitor who betrayed both the republic and unity,” she added.

Ali Salem al-Beidh withdrew from political life after the 1994 civil war in Yemen, which ended with northern forces defeating southern secessionists. Since then, he has lived in exile and remained a polarizing figure, celebrated by some as a visionary of unity and criticized by others for his role in the conflict and subsequent calls for southern independence.