Mohammed al-Sabry (also spelled al-Sabri) was a
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
i politician and an opposition leader (also identified as a
spokesman
A spokesperson, spokesman, or spokeswoman, is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others.
Duties and function
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) for the
Common Forum coalition of opposition parties (which includes Reform, Socialist, Nasserist, Popular Force and al-Haq) in the
2011 Yemeni protests
The Yemeni Revolution (intifada), also known as the Yemeni Revolution of Dignity followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and other Arab Spring protests in the ...
. He has also been described as a spokesman for the opposition coalition known as the
Joint Meeting Parties (JMP), which includes Islah, the country's largest Islamic party, as well as the Socialist Party and the Nasserite Party.
Sabry was a critic of the
Houthi coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
in 2015, predicting it would lead to Yemen being isolated on the international and regional stage.
He passed away on 25 November 2016.
See also
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2011 Yemeni protests
The Yemeni Revolution (intifada), also known as the Yemeni Revolution of Dignity followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and other Arab Spring protests in the ...
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Political parties in Yemen
Before the Yemeni Revolution in 2011 and the following civil war, Yemen was a one party dominant state in which the General People's Congress (GPC) held power.
Legal status
Yemen's Political Parties Law mandates that political parties be viable ...
References
External links
Mohammed Al-Sabri, Nasserite Party Leader Abdul Baset Al-Qaderi, ''Yemen Post'', 27 October 2008, interview
Yemeni politicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
2016 deaths
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