Crimes committed by the Houthis — Prisoners and detainees
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.
UN experts documented a sixteen-year-old boy held at Political Security prison in Sanaa from May 2015 and subjected to physical torture and sexual violence during 2015–2017 to
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
