What happened
Ali Awda reported to police in al-Mahwit on 29 October 2015 and disappeared from contact with his family for three weeks. A Houthi official informed the family of his death on 20 November; official accounts of what happened subsequently changed.
Relatives who saw his body on 29 December described bruises, burns and abrasions. Human Rights Watch reported that the recommended full autopsy had not been performed. Torture therefore cannot be established as the cause of death.
