Articles by Tawakkol Karman

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Enough Is Enough – End the War in Yemen
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Laureate – The Washington Post, 26 Nov 2018

21 Nov 2018 – Today, the Yemeni people are suffering from the actions of outsiders. Regional powers have turned the country into an arena for proxy conflicts that have little to do with the actual interests of the Yemeni nation. Large parts of the country have been devastated, including much of its vital infrastructure. Millions are threatened by starvation and disease.

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Imprisonment, Torture and Rape: Why Myanmar Must Be Referred to the ICC
Shirin Ebadi and Tawakkol Karman | Both Nobel Peace Laureates – CNN, 24 Sep 2018

18 Sep 2018 – Today, the investigation led by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar presented its findings to the Human Rights Council. The mission’s exhaustive report defines human rights violations and abuses as “shocking for their horrifying nature and ubiquity.”

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The Rohingya Tragedy Shows Human Solidarity Is a Lie
Tawakkol Karman – Al Jazeera, 4 Dec 2017

1 Dec 2017 – Nobody argues any more about what is happening in Myanmar. The war being waged on the Rohingya Muslims is a clear example of ethnic cleansing and genocide. The crisis continues to get worse fanned by the Myanmar government’s intolerance and by the fact that the world’s interest in what is happening in Myanmar is just not deep enough.

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