The Houthis raided Qasr al-Ahlam hotel in Sanaa and abducted nine journalists working there because electricity and internet were available. During detention they were subjected to enforced disappearance, denial of medical care and family contact, torture and other ill-treatment.
The Houthis raided Qasr al-Ahlam hotel in Sanaa and abducted nine journalists working there because electricity and internet were available. During detention they were subjected to enforced disappearance, denial of medical care and family contact, torture and other ill-treatment.
Amnesty International documented the abuses and described the charges as targeting their peaceful journalism.
Abdelkhaleq Amran, Hisham Tarmoom, Tawfiq al-Mansouri, Hareth Hamid, Hasan Annab, Akram al-Walidi, Haytham al-Shihab, Hisham al-Yousefi and Essam Balgheeth.
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
