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Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman (Arabic: توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان, romanized: Tawakkul 'Abd us-Salām Khālid Karmān; Turkish: Tevekkül Karman; born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She co-founded and leads 'Women Journalists Without Chains', a group established in 2005 ...
Belqees TV (Arabic:قناة بلقيس) is a Yemeni news channel owned by Tawakkol Karman. It was named Belqees after the Queen of Sheba. It was started with the help of Doha Centre for Media Freedom. [1] [2] It started broadcasting in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in 2014, but moved to Istanbul after being attacked by the Houthis. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The joint laureated were: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (b. 1938), Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee (b. 1972) and Yemeni politician Tawakkul Karman (b. 1979) "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work". [1]
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On 23 January, Tawakel Karman was detained and charged with "'inciting disorder and chaos' and organising unauthorised demonstrations and marches". [149] Karman was a leader of two student rallies in Sanaʽa and called for the overthrow of Saleh's regime. [50] Her husband said her whereabouts were not known. [50]
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize award 2011. Arwa Othman, Yemeni writer, journalist, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture; Visual artists
Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman organized protests and student rallies against the rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh, which culminated in the 2011 Yemeni revolution and the abdication of President Saleh. Yemenis referred to her as the "Mother of the Revolution" and she was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2011.