Seminar med Nobelprisvinder: Yemen og Det Arabiske Forår

TIME: Monday, 16 April, 16.30 – 18.00

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

Five months into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-brokered power transition plan, the end result of ‘the Arab Spring’ is by no means clear in Yemen.

TIME: Monday, 16 April, 16.30 – 18.00

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, Strandgade 71, ground floor, Christianshavn, 1401 Copenhagen K

Five months into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-brokered power transition plan, the end result of ‘the Arab Spring’ is by no means clear in Yemen.

Although formally transferring power after the presidential election in February, it has been pointed out from several sides, that Ali Abdullah Saleh continues to hold considerable influence in Yemen, due to the control by his relatives of most of the country’s security agencies.

The transitional government faces considerable tribal and religious factional unrest, a severe looming food crisis, and a deteriorating human rights situation.

Two months after the formal swearing in of the new president, former Vice President al Hadi, protesters continue to point out that the terms of the transition plan (including the immunity of the former president) was not what they had called for.

Speaker:

Tawakkol Karman, journalist, human rights activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner. Founder and Chairwoman of the Yemeni organization Women Journalists Without Chains, a co-founder of the Yemeni Human Rights Network and a leading figure in the call to end the Ali Abdullah Saleh-regime during the 2011 protests. Karman is also a member of the Executive Board (Shura) of the al-Islah political party in Yemen.

Programme:

16.30-16.45: Introduction; Charlotte Flindt Pedersen, Deputy Director, DIHR

16.45-17.30: Yemen and ‘the Arab Spring’; Tawakkol Karman, Journalist, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner

17.30-18.00: Open Discussion

Chair: Julie Pruzan-Jørgensen, Project Researcher, DIIS

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use the online registration form from the website no later than Monday, 16 April, at 12 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.