The human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman delivered a speech at the side-event "The effect of political conflict on the human rights condition in the Arab Spring countries",

Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, we celebrating the sixth anniversary of the glorious February Revolution while we have been more determined to build a new Yemen based on principles of citizenship, democracy and the rule of law.

It is an honor to be at the Oxford Union, one of the most respected associations situated in the oldest, most prestigious University town of Oxford in the world.

 Dear Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased, at the outset, to express my overwhelming joy to be here with you who are brave,

Not a day passes when the world does not make a progress in all areas. We can see it clearly through inventions, scientific discoveries, mega projects, major benefits gained as a result of exploitation of natural resources and human energies. 

First of all, I am happy to be with you here in Warsaw, the capital of revolution, which inspires the change and the global spring.

At the outset, I would like to express my happiness to be here with you, and I also thank God who made us bring together today to discuss a very sensitive subject related to the future but life itself, as children are an extension of ourselves and the real proof to sustain life.

Written by: Tawakkol Karman