Crimes committed by the Houthis — Prisoners and detainees
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.
Muhammad Arif al-Raimi, 19, died in custody at al-Amshiya police station in Sufyan in September 2025. Yemen Shabab Net cited the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms and rel
Ahmed Baalawi, a World Food Programme employee, died in Houthi custody in Saada after being detained with humanitarian workers in January.
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 authorities announced educator Sabri al-Hakimi’s death in March 2024 after approximately six months in custody, according to the National Commission for Prisoners and A
Captured soldier Yanouf Hassan Ali Ali al-Butainah died in Houthi custody in Sanaa on 25 November 2023, a rights source told Yemen Shabab Net, attributing the death to torture
Captured soldier Muhammad Ahmad Abdullah Wahban died in the Houthi-run military prison in Sanaa on 13 November 2023 and was taken to the military hospital, informed sources to
Izz al-Din Saleh Muhammad Muhammad al-Habaji died in detention at Central Security camp in Sanaa, Yemen Shabab Net reported in November 2023. The outlet cited rights sources a
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’
