Crimes committed by the Houthis — Sanaa City
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
The Houthis abducted journalist Salah al-Qaedi from his Sanaa home, then returned to demand his laptop and equipment. When relatives said they did not have them, the forces de
Men identifying themselves as Political Security agents arrested student Abdul-ilah Saylan outside a Sanaa café on 18 August 2015, then searched his family home. The family wa
Armed men raided an Islah meeting in Sanaa on 9 August 2015 and arrested six men and five women, including academic Mohamed al-Adeel al-Ashwal. Everyone except him was release
Journalist Ibrahim Majthoob was abducted on Bayhan Street in Sanaa shortly before midnight on 6 July 2015. Hours later Houthi forces raided the home he shared with his brother
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 subject
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 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
Houthi forces arrested Fathi Mohamed Abdullah al-Ezib in front of his son after prayers at al-Taqwa mosque in Bir al-Ziqar, Sanaa, on 5 April 2015, without presenting a warran
The Houthis abducted politician Muhammad Qahtan from his Sanaa home in April 2015, then forcibly disappeared him and denied his family regular contact. Amnesty International d
