Tawakkol Karman
Tawakel Karman | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Yemeni |
| Occupation(s) | human rights activist,[1] journalist, politician[2] |
Tawakel Karman, also Tawakul,[1] (Arabic: توكل كرمان), is a Yemeni politician who is a senior member of Al-Islah[2] and a human rights activist who heads the group Women Journalists Without Chains that she created in 2005.[1]
Women Journalists Without Chains
Tawakul Karman created the human rights group Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) in 2005 for promoting human rights, "particularly freedom of opinion and expression, and democratic rights".[1] Karman said that she has received "threats and temptations" from the authorities by telephone and letter because of her refusal to accept the Ministry of Information rejection of WJWC's application to legally create a newspaper and a radio station.[1] From 2007 to 2010, Karman regularly led demonstrations and sit-ins in Freedom Square in Sana'a in front of the Cabinet.[1]
2011 protests
During the ongoing 2011 Yemeni protests Tawakel Karman organised student rallies in Sana'a to protest against Ali Abdullah Saleh and his government. She was arrested once, amid complaints her husband did not know her whereabouts, however she was released on parole on 24 January. She then led another protest on 29 January where she called for a "day of rage" on 3 February[2] similar to that of the 2011 Egyptian revolution that were in turn inspired by the Tunisian Revolution. On 17 March, she was re-arrested amidst ongoing protests.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Al-Sakkaf, Nadia (17 June 2010). "Renowned activist and press freedom advocate Tawakul Karman to the Yemen Times: "A day will come when all human rights violators pay for what they did to Yemen"". Women Journalists Without Chains. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "New protests erupt in Yemen". Al Jazeera. 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Finn, Tom (23 January 2011). "Yemen arrests anti-government activist". The Guardian. London.
External links
- Renowned activist and press freedom advocate Tawakul Karman, interviewed by Nadia Al-Sakkaf, Yemen Times, 17 June 2010
- The Woman at the Head of Yemen's Protest Movement, Aryn Baker in Cairo with Erik Stier in Sana'a, Time, 16 February 2011
