Name: Amir Mohammed Ibrahim Abdullah
Arrestee: Houthi group
Date of arrest: February 24, 2016
While Amir Mohammed was in the salary distribution queue in the Al-Houban area, east of Taiz, a person named Idris Al-Jabari arrived in a military vehicle with armed men. They brandished their weapons at Amir and attacked him. They then forcibly took him to the Saleh Detention Center.
In one of the detention center buildings, Idris Al-Jabari and others viciously beat Amir Mohammed, using the common accusation that the Houthis and Saleh supporters used against their opponents at that time: "ISIS member." They beat Amir relentlessly until he lost consciousness.
Every three days, they would summon him in the middle of the night, blindfolded, to receive his share of torture: being beaten with electric cables and threatened with death. He was anticipating his turn to collect his salary, but instead, the Houthis gave him his share of torment. They wanted him to confess what they wanted to hear. He felt a state of terror, fear, and anxiety. On one occasion, armed individuals entered the building where Amir and several other citizens were being held. The Houthis mercilessly attacked the detainees with iron chains for no apparent reason.
Amir will never forget what they went through: "All the detainees were unjustly treated, and their arrests were without any charges. I witnessed mentally ill individuals among us, and their condition was pitiable. One of the detainees was a sixty-year-old man suffering from a psychological condition, falsely accused of being a member of ISIS, despite having no understanding of the ongoing war. Another detainee had lost his mother, and he tried to secretly contact his family. When the Houthis discovered his attempt, they stormed the cell and attacked all of us mercilessly."
*The Houthis transferred Amir Mohammed from the Saleh Detention Center in Taiz to the Community College Prison in Dhamar, where he remained for two years. During that time, the Houthis continued to extort his family for large sums of money in exchange for his release.