Tawakul Karman holds regular sit-ins calling for the release of political prisoners
Yemen's Nobel Peace Prize Tawakul
Karman has been denied entry into Egypt after she landed at Cairo airport "for
security reasons", officials say.
Ms Karman, the first Arab woman to win the prestigious prize, was reportedly held on arrival and ordered to fly on the same plane back to the Gulf.
She has voiced support to Muslim Brotherhood followers, calling Mohammed Morsi's ousting "undemocratic".
A prominent human rights activist, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2011.
Ms Karman's Twitter feed said on Sunday that the activist had been detained at Cairo airport and prohibited from heading to one of the main protest camps set up by Morsi supporters, Rabaa al-Adawiya.
While Egyptian security sources did not give a reason for Ms Karman's ban, Mena state news agency referred to her "solidarity" with supporters of the deposed Egyptian president.
Egypt was plunged into a political crisis last month after the army's overthrow of Islamist Mohammed Morsi, in response to anti-government protests that took hold of the country.
Ms Karman is a member of Yemen's leading opposition party, the Islah, and considered a symbolic figure in the 2011 anti-government Yemen uprising.
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