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Ex-captives describe torture by Yemen's Houthi rebels
« on: December 07, 2018, 11:27:09 am »
AP has a big expose on treatment of prisoners by the Houthis.
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Ex-captives describe torture by Yemen's Houthi rebels
By MAGGIE MICHAEL


MARIB, Yemen (AP) — Farouk Baakar was on duty as a medic at al-Rashid hospital the day a bleeding man was brought into the emergency room with gunshot wounds and signs of torture. He’d been whipped across the back and hung by his wrists for days.

The patient, Baakar learned, had been left for dead by the side of a highway after being held captive in a prison run by the Houthi rebels who control northern Yemen.

Baakar spent hours removing bullets and repairing ruptured intestine. He tended to the patient’s recovery for 80 days and, at the end, agreed to pose for a selfie with him.

Read more with pictures at: https://www.apnews.com/e32442a4c8c24acd9d362c433d5cd10e

It's almost your typical Middle East torture story.