In this episode, Judge Hala Al-Qurashi recounts the story of her father, Colonel Sultan Amin Al-Qurashi (b. 1938), a former Minister of Supply and Trade and head of the National Security Agency. He was forcibly disappeared in 1978, following the rise to power of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Since that day, his family has received no information about his fate.
This episode explores:
- How was Colonel Al-Qurashi abducted?
- Why does his fate remain unknown after decades and multiple regime changes?
- Who is responsible for Yemen’s widespread cases of enforced disappearance?
- And why has no one been held accountable to this day?
This episode is part of a special podcast series from the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, focusing on transitional justice, enforced disappearances, and the complexities of Yemen’s ongoing conflict.
