Crimes committed by the Houthis — Abduction
Taxi driver Sami al-Hashidi was detained on 15 May 2015 while returning to his home in Amran city and taken to a stadium used by the Houthis for detention. About a month later
Houthi gunmen arrested Abdeljalil Said at al-Suhool checkpoint in Ibb on 11 May 2015 while he was travelling to Taiz with his wife and daughter.
Houthi forces arrested independent media activist Said al-Hunai in Ibb on 28 April 2015. His brother told Amnesty International that the family could not see or hear from him
Houthi forces stopped Abdelmajeed Seif al-Mikhlafi and his son Fikri at a checkpoint in Haradh on 18 April 2015 while they were travelling to Saudi Arabia, and detained both m
Houthi forces raided pharmacist Ahmed Ali Abdellatif al-Taheri’s home in al-Dhihar, Ibb, on 12 April 2015 and arrested him.
Houthi gunmen surrounded Hameed al-Shuhri’s home in Ibb and arrested him on 11 April 2015. He was held at the Criminal Investigation Department for approximately two weeks.
Houthi forces raided the al-Wasili family home in Ibb on 11 April 2015 looking for the father. When they did not find him, they took fourteen-year-old Anas and held him at the
Houthi and allied forces abducted a medical worker in Aden on 7 April 2015 and held him until 13 April.
Houthi forces raided Mohamed Abdelwahab al-Ansi’s home and arrested him on 7 April 2015. He was held at the Criminal Investigation Department in Sanaa.
Houthi forces took Yasser al-Ansi after prayers in Sanaa on 6 April 2015, saying they would question him and return him home. He spent three days at 14 October police station
Houthi forces raided Mohamed Hasan Dammaj’s home in al-Rawdha, Sanaa, on 6 April 2015 and arrested him, his son al-Hassan and two other relatives without a warrant. The three
Houthi forces arrested Fathi Mohamed Abdullah al-Ezib in front of his son after prayers at al-Taqwa mosque in Bir al-Ziqar, Sanaa, on 5 April 2015, without presenting a warran
