The Specialized Penal Court in the interim capital of Aden held its first session to try a number of leaders of the Houthi coup militia accused of the coup against the constitutional institutions in case No. 165 serious offenses.

The indictment included 32 persons from the leaders of the Houthi coup militia, the first of whom was Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, the last of whom was Abdulaziz Saleh bin Habtoor.

The wanted Houthi leaders for trial in Aden are:

1- Abdul Malik Badr Addin al-Houthi

2- Muhammad Ali Amir Addin al-Houthi

3- Abdullah Yahya al-Hatimi

4- Mahdi Saleh

5- Abdul Khaleq Badr Addin al-Houthi

6- Abdul Karim Amir Addin al-Houthi

7- Yahya Muhammad al-Shami

8- Zakaria Yahya Muhammad al-Shami

9- Mohsen Saleh Hamdi

10- Muhammad Nasser al-Aatify

11- Yousef Abdullah Hussein

12- Abdul Qadir Qasim Ahmed

13- Abdullah Saleh Ahmed Darfan

14- Saleh al-Shaeer

15- Taha Ahmed al-Mutawakkil

16- Yahya Amir Addin al-Houthi

17- Muhammad Abdul Karim

18- Nayef Abu Kharbasha

19- Abdul-Ilah Muhammad Hajab

20- Hussein Hammoud al-Ezzi

21- Ahmed Muhammad Hamed

22- Salim Muhammad al-Mughallis

23- Abdul Hakim Hashem al-Khawbani

24- Abdulaziz Muhammad Ahmed al-Hamzi

25- Mubarak al-Zahedi

26- Ali Ali al-Qahum

27- Dhayf Allah Qasim al-Shami

28- Muhammad Nasser al-Bukhayti

29- Youssef Hassan Ismail

30- Hussein Abdullah

31- Mahmoud Abdul Khalek

32- Abdulaziz Saleh Habtoor

During the session, the criminal prosecution headed by its chief judge, Wahib Fadl, presented the indictment, in the presence of correspondents of various media outlets, local and Arab satellite channels, and a number of citizens present to listen to the hearing.

After hearing the indictment, the court decided to announce the accused and obliged them to attend the next session, and the court adjourned its first session, to be resumed its next session on July 1, 2020.