What happened
Fourteen-year-old Raddad Saleh Ali was beaten at a Houthi centre in Malih, Nihm, on 8 February 2025 after refusing to carry a weapon, according to Rasd Coalition’s account published by Asharq Al-Awsat and republished by Aden Time.
The coalition said he had been forced into the centre earlier that month and left without treatment before transfer to Hospital 48 in Sanaa, where he died on 13 February. Coalition head Mutahar al-Badhiji described forced recruitment and fatal torture.
