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Monir al-Sharqi was burned so severely by acid. A family member said he was held and tortured by Houthis in Taiz for a year. Monir can't tell as he lost his memory. #Yemen

Yahia al-Houthi, the brother of Houthi leader, admits torture in an exclusive video obtained by the AP. Yahia led a committee that visited the detention centers. Another Houthi figure said: "We saw what made our eyes flow with tears of blood." #Yemen

Mansour al-Adani, a teacher in Sanaa, was arrested by Houthis in August 2015 after a mix-up with a suspect with a similar name. “They said it’s a mistake and they will release me,” al-Adani said. Instead, he was held for two years. His mother had a stroke and died.
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After Houthis forced displacement of rival tribes, they chased them in their displacement. This is a 24-year-old college student from Saada's Saqeen who was snatched from his home, detained, hung by his wrists from the ceiling and beaten on the head and back.
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Houthis systematically detain and torture journalists. Mohammed al-Washie, Ibrahim al-Jahdabi, and Mahmoud al-Ghabri from Dhamar are among many. One burned with cigarettes and hot melted plastic was dripped on his body and a second left with a broken leg.
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After criticizing Houthis in a Whatsapp group, a poet said he was tortured, beaten, and injected with a substance that caused him to urinate blood and caused dark red spots all over his body. He was released after paying thousands of dollars.
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Yahya Haig, School Principal, was held and tortured by Houthis in an ancient castle in Hodeida. "Before they hang you, they tell you to do a specific exercise, to make you tired and feel the pain more. They ask you to sit down and stand up for 1,000 or 2,000 times."
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Farouk saved lives inside Hodeida castle, despite his own torture and detention for no crime except that he treated a wounded detainee who was brought to his health center bleeding. Now he lives in a displaced camp, with no support from the government.
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@alguneid chocked back tears as he talked about @qmaalalmamary2 he met inside Houthi detention after he was electrocuted, sexually assaulted, and dragged him down the stairs. The torture was so severe that he became parlayed. via @YemeniFatima #Yemened

Human Rights Watch documented several other Yemeni victims held by Houthis and freed after paying ransom.
hrw.org/video-photos/v… #Yemen @hrw

Amnesty International in 2016 documented many other stories of Houthi victims in 44 pages here. #Yemen @amnesty amnesty.org/download/Docum…

AP : Who Are the Houthis?

#Yemen 's @mwatanaar documented killings of journalists in 2015. Youssef and Abdullah were killed after being placed in a site at risk of airstrikes. The militiamen used civilians as human shields.
Houthi authority: A dark era in history of Yemeni press mwatana.org/en/houthi-dark…