Prisoners and detainees№ 0104
Abduction of UN and humanitarian personnel
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
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Enforced disappearance.
Crimes committed by the Houthis — Enforced disappearance
Prisoners and detainees№ 0253
Educator Sabri al-Hakimi dies after disappearance in Houthi custody
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
Sanaa City↗
Prisoners and detainees№ 0417
Hisham al-Hakimi abducted and dies in custody
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
Sanaa City↗
Women№ 0088
Raid on a peaceful Bahai gathering and abduction of seventeen
Armed Houthis stormed a peaceful Baha’i gathering at a private Sanaa residence, detained seventeen people, including five women, and forcibly disappeared them.
Sanaa City↗
Prisoners and detainees№ 0263
Ahmad Raziq abducted, disappeared and returned to his family dead
Houthi gunmen abducted Ahmad Ali Saleh Raziq from a farm watch post in Beit al-Nakheef, Bani Hushaysh, on 10 May 2023 and denied him family contact, according to relatives’ ac
Sanaa↗
Prisoners and detainees№ 0269
Khaled Zuhair abducted; family notified of his death in custody
Houthi forces abducted Khaled Abdullah Zuhair at al-Azraqayn checkpoint north of Sanaa in early October 2022 and concealed him, local sources told Yemen Shabab Net. He had joi
Women№ 0084
Detention and enforced disappearance of Fatma al-Arwali
The Houthis arrested human rights defender Fatma al-Arwali at Al-Manshour checkpoint in Taiz and disappeared her for about eight months before her family informally learned sh
Taiz↗
Prisoners and detainees№ 0267
Prisoner Omar al-Samei dies; his fate concealed from his family
Omar Ahmad al-Samei died on 16 November 2020, according to a Hospital 48 report date quoted by Yemen Shabab Net in December 2022. Local sources said his family continued payin
Prisoners and detainees№ 0273
Aid worker Yasser Junaid abducted and disappeared before death notification
The Houthis detained aid worker Yasser Muhammad Junaid in February 2017, transferred him to Zabid and then denied holding him, national investigation commission member Ishraq
Hodeidah↗
Academics and students№ 0082
Abduction and disappearance of academic Youssef al-Bawab
The Houthis arrested linguistics professor Youssef al-Bawab as he left a mosque in Sanaa, then raided his home and confiscated his belongings that night.
Sanaa City↗
Prisoners and detainees№ 0145
Samir al-Dubiani abducted while driving to a Sanaa hospital
Armed men intercepted Samir al-Dubiani’s car in Sanaa on the morning of 22 February 2016, removed and handcuffed him, and drove him away. Gunmen also raided his home at about
Sanaa City↗
Academics and students№ 0147
Muhammad al-Jarmoozi abducted and disappeared for two months
Houthi officials arrested Muhammad al-Jarmoozi at his home on 8 February 2016. His family heard nothing from him for two months, until a former detainee said he was held at Za