New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI) Fifty-nine Nobel laureates have urged the prime ministers of India and Pakistan to “defuse the rising tension” before the situation “escalates to a full-fledged war”, a statement said Sunday.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman said the mass demonstrations that took place today in Algeria boost expectations of the failure of Abdelaziz Bouteflika's candidacy for a fifth term.

For decades, the people of Yemen struggled to transform the country into a truly democratic society. Then came the Arab Spring, and it gave people hope that their dreams of freedom and good governance could become a reality.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate stressed that the capitals of the Arab revolutions and oppressors will not be immune against the nations that will sweep their palaces and make them fall down.

Over the last 17 years, we have fought to bring women’s voices and interests into Afghanistan’s political, social and cultural institutions, against a backdrop of ongoing violence. We are civilians, teachers, doctors, activists, students and artists

The Tawakkol Karman International Foundation and the US National Security Center will hold an international conference on Yemen in New York next month.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman said that dictator Omar al-Bashir is taking last breathe in power, reiterating that he had no choice but to fall or fall.