The Houthi coup militias continue their brutal and horrific crimes against the abductees in light of the silence and neglect of international organizations work in the field of human rights.

Recently, the abducted Abdullah al-Shanafi, a son of the Hajjah governorate, was released from the prisons of the Houthi militias. And al-Shanafi was in a case of inability to move and speak, breathes artificially, is artificially fed, a dead body, and clinical death, and all these due to the brutal nature of the Houthi torture that this person subjected to.

- Who is the abducted al-Shanafi?

The abducted full name is Abdullah Ahmed Ahmed al-Shanafi, from Hajjah Governorate, Kushar Directorate. He is 43 years old. He is a student in the Department of Business Administration. He is married and has 3 males and 2 females, the oldest of them at the time of the abduction was 14 years and the youngest one was 4 months. He was abducted by the Houthi militia on November 27, 2017, from Dhamar governorate. He was subjected to various types of systematic torture.

And according to his brother, he was unable to complete his university studies at the Hajjah University in Business Administration. And with the deterioration of living conditions after the Houthi coup in 2014, he tried to travel with his family to Marib in search of work to feed his children and his wife.

Traveling to Marib in November 2017, Abdullah Ahmad al-Shanafi stayed at a hotel in Dhamar city, accompanied by his wife and five children, who are three daughters and two sons, but he was surprised by the Houthi gunmen storming the hotel, and then arrested and taken him to an unknown destination.

On Thursday, Sept. 28, he arrived Marib coming from Sanaa, in a state of complete paralysis that is incapable of even talking, he is one of the recently released in an exchange deal between the Houthi militias and the national army.

- Shocking testimonies

The abducted Abdullah al-Shanafi, was not a fighter, but an unarmed civilian who was subjected to the worst forms of torture by the militias. On September 29, the abducted Abdullah arrived in the General Marib Hospital paralyzed (being immobilized), unable to speak, after being severely tortured in the prisons of Houthi militias in Sanaa about two years ago.

- Details of what Abdullah was subjected to

As for the reasons for his abduction, his brother Tahir says that this is because he belongs to the tribe of Hajjour, which has resisted the Houthi rebellion since 2011.

In private statements, his brother Tahir said: "Abdullah was subjected to torture in the prisons of the Houthi militia, which caused him to a quadriplegic." He added: "The Houthis kidnapped my brother while he is in good health. His family was unable to visit him during his two-year abduction. He was subjected to torture and moved between several prisons starting from the prison of Dhamar, then he was transferred to the Political Security Prison in Hajjah, then transferred to an unknown destination and finally in the Political Security Prison in Sana'a."

He continued: "My brother was beaten until his bones were broken. Houthis kidnapped Abdullah on his way to Marib to search for a job. After the siege imposed on our district in Kushar, the suffering worsened, forcing many residents to leave to find work because of the Houthis' harassment."

Tahir al-Shanafi said that the story of his brother is one of the dozens of tragic stories that reveal the abuses and heinous crimes committed and practiced by the terrorist Houthi militias against citizens of Kushar Directorate in Hajjah governorate.

He added: "This shows the extent of hatred and revenge that the Iranian-backed militia practiced against the sons of Hajjour in particular and the Yemenis in general," and he stressed that there are hidden abductees of sons being subjected to torture.

- His health after his release from Houthi prisons

On September 28, the abducted Abdullah al-Shanafi arrived at the Marib hospital authority after he was released by Houthi militias in a prisoner exchange deal and is in critical condition as a result of the torture he subjected to in Houthi militia prisons.

At the hospital, he underwent tests and X-rays. According to a report by the Marib Hospital Authority, one of the causes of bleeding in the brain was that the abducted person was subjected to a pressure of a severe tension led to a sharp and severe high pressure and caused a stroke and its complications with a very strong curve in the inner nose bone and it may be due to his subjection to severe beatings on the head and back, which caused him paralysis.

The abducted al-Shanafi arrived at Marib hospital staff on an artificial respiratory trachea and an artificial alimentation as a result of the patient's condition. The laminography of the cervical, dorsal and lumbar vertebrae showed changes in most vertebrae.

- The suffering of his family

The family of the abducted Abdullah al-Shanafi in Marib suffers from the bitterness of displacement and his difficult health condition after being displaced from Hajjour of Kushar and lost all that it has. But according to one of his relatives, Abdullah's poor health and his family's inability to treat him are the most difficult. His family hopes that the government and the local authority in Hajjah to stand by it in this this ordeal that befell it in his curing.

Regarding the suffering of his family, his brother Tahir said: "Our suffering has worsened more and more and we are sadly surprised by the legitimate authorities after my brother left the basements of the Houthi on this tragic state of neglect.'' He called on the legitimate government to pay attention to and take care of the families of the abductees who suffer the worst suffering.

- Pleas to save him

Journalists and activists circulate painful pictures of the abducted al-Shanafi. Activists have appealed to the legitimate government to save the life of Abdullah al-Shanafi, who is in critical condition as a result of the torture he suffered in Houthi rebel prisons.

Journalist Ziad al-Jabri said: "We call on the government, the legitimate authority and international organizations to save the abducted al-Shanafi and subject him to intensive therapy as well as all those who have been released, especially they are suffering bad conditions and not to let them suffer woes. We also demand of serious work to pressure on the militias to releas all abductees in its prisons as soon as possible."

In a press conference and a special hearing on what happened to the abducted al-Shanafi, which was held on Tuesday, October 8, in Marib, a statement issued by human rights organizations such as, Raqeep Organization For Human Rights, the Yemen Human Rights Protection Network, and the Coalition of Human Rights Organizations in Hajjah governorate, reported that what the abducted Abdullah al-Shanafi subjected to is a humanitarian crime that does not lapse by prescription and the perpetrators will not go unpunished.

The organizations that signed the statement demanded the need to provide a forensic doctor to examine the abducted Abdullah and issue a forensic medical report showing the reasons for his deteriorating health.

The organizations called on the legitimate government to provide assistance and full health care and speedy transfer him abroad in order to receive his therapy in specialized centers. It also called on the Ministry of Human Rights and The National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to Human Rights to play their humanitarian and legal role in exposing the violations suffered by the Yemeni citizen.

The human rights organizations called on international and local organizations concerned human rights to condemn the crime and appealed to Médecins Sans Frontières and the International Red Cross to carry out their humanitarian duty towards the victim.

In a press statement, the organizations also called for the United Nations and its envoy to Yemen to pressure the Houthi group to unconditionally release all abducted civilians.

Al-Shanafi's story is considered an example testifies to the crimes and brutality of the Houthi militias who practice the most heinous kinds of torture in their prisons against the abductees.