[1] Also, the party advocates for the establishment of a modern civil state based on democracy and the protection of Human rights, freedoms, dignity, justice and equality.
[3] The party rejected the armed conflicts in Yemen from the start and emphasizes the importance of a peaceful democratic process and transition of power.
Fearing that the clashes in Dammaj could escalate to end up in Sanaa, the party leader ath-Thawr met with the speaker of the House of Representatives Yahya ar-Ra'i, calling on him to speak out against the acts of violence.
[4] Layla ath-Thawr also underlined that she experienced a lot of criticism and belittlement in conversation with other political figures due to her being a woman, especially when she didn't receive legitimacy from tribal elites yet.
[1] In an interview with al-Methaq, the newspaper of the General People's Congress, Layla ath-Thawr criticized that women are excluded from official peace talks between the warring factions in the country.
The Houthis, ath-Thawr argued, are following an extremist agenda to transform Yemeni society by destroying the historically important role of the women into a herd that can be pushed around without protest.
In an article published by the Washington Institute in 2023, party leader ath-Thawr accused the Houthis of cementing their authoritarianism and indoctrinating children and the society.
The combination of promoting their ideology and pausing salaries are used to push the remaining people who oppose the Houthis out of the institutions, ath-Thawr stated.
She contacted notables from the Houthi movement about the death threat, but only got advised to lower her advocacy activities, as this would likely be connected to the prisoner release she organized in December 2017.
[9] In March 2018, party leader Layla ath-Thawr was arrested by the Houthis and brought to the an-Nasr police station in Sanaa, where her personal phone was stolen.