Crimes committed by the Houthis — Abduction
Houthi forces abducted Muhammad Hussein al-Maghribi from Dahyan and held him at al-Hamzat police station in Saada, where he was tortured, according to rights accounts publishe
Akram Aidh al-Turki died in a Houthi prison in Dhulaymah five days after being abducted while returning from his farm, local sources told Yemen Shabab Net in December 2025.
Ahmed Baalawi, a World Food Programme employee, died in Houthi custody in Saada after being detained with humanitarian workers in January.
Houthi forces attacked homes and civilian infrastructure in Hankat al-Massoud between 5 and 12 January 2025, looted property, detained hundreds and displaced families.
The Houthis abducted UN personnel and NGO workers from homes in Sanaa, Hodeidah and Hajjah. OHCHR documented the detention of six of its staff among thirteen UN personnel, wit
The Houthis held education expert Mohamed Naji Khamash from June 2024 and informed his family of his death on 22 October that year, according to Yemen Shabab Net and rights ad
Houthi gunmen raided homes in Bani Saeed, Kushar, on 16 September 2023 and took fifteen civilians, according to the American Center for Justice as reported by Yemen Shabab Net
Houthi agencies abducted Fadl al-Hindi, deputy head of the Teachers Club preparatory committee, on 13 September 2023 and released him the following day, according to the club’
The Houthis detained Hisham al-Hakimi, Save the Children’s safety and security director, in September 2023 and held him incommunicado. Amnesty International confirmed his arbi
SAM condemned the detention of journalist Muhammad al-Qadiri’s wife and seven-year-old son Abdullah in Ibb in September 2023, relaying his account that a Houthi official was h
Ali Muhammad Hussein al-Shutbi was killed and his companion Abdullah Saleh al-Hajj seriously wounded when their car was blown up in Jahanah, Khawlan al-Tiyal, rights sources t
The Houthis detained Ibrahim Mahrous, director of al-Badr hospital in Ibb, in June 2023, released him and detained him again in August, sources told Yemen Shabab Net. The arti
