Libi Marhabi

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Libi Marhabi is imprisoned for his religious identity. 

In March 2016, Houthi forces arrested Marhabi for allegedly smuggling a Torah out of Yemen.

On March 13, 2018, authorities sentenced Marhabi to three years and six months' imprisonment.

In 2019, a Houthi appeals court ordered Marhabi's release, but security forces refused despite releasing his non-Jewish co-defendants. U.S. then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also called for Marhabi's immediate release in November 2020.

Houthi prison authorities have tortured and mistreated Marhabi. They have blocked communication with his family members, beat him, denied him food, administered electric shocks, and subjected him to hours-long interrogations. The torture he experienced caused all his teeth to fall out. Inhumane prison conditions have also worsened his kidney and lung conditions. After the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israel, Houthi authorities transferred Marhabi to a more dangerous ward with extremist prisoners who threatened him; after a ten-day hunger strike, authorities placed him in solitary confinement.