Marcus Essabri, the cousin of the Dubai Princess Latifa Al Maktoum who is being held against her will by her father Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has released a heartfelt personal Ramadan video message to Latifa. In a press statement issued together with his personal video message, Mr Essabri sets...
The Free Latifa campaign is ramping up the pressure on the ruler of Dubai following last week’s dramatic court judgment in London, with the princess’s legal team calling on the United Nations to “urgently intervene” to ensure her safety. Princess Latifa is still held captive by her father in Dubai, but her high-powered legal team...
Anthony Harwood, a former foreign editor of the Daily Mail, says the recent High Court ruling that Sheikh Mohammed’s daughter, Princess Shamsa, was kidnapped off the streets of Cambridge is a triumph for justice It was a court ruling which not only exposed how ruthlessly the ruler of Dubai pursued his family around the world,...
Amnesty International has criticised Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum for justifying the abduction and enforced disappearance of his own daughter, Sheikha Latifa, claiming it was a “private family matter”, adding that state-sanctioned abduction and inhuman treatment are not family affairs. The rights watchdog described the sheikh’s behaviour as a gross violation of human rights...
Join the dots between India sending back Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa to UAE two years ago and the Gulf countries siding with Delhi on everything from oil to Kashmir. UK court’s finding last week that Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum had indeed tried to kidnap his two young children and threaten their mother and his sixth wife,...
Hiba Zayadin is a Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch. In a far cry from the usual dry legal ruling, the family division of Britain’s High Court upheld allegations about the abusive conduct of people acting for Dubai’s ruler. In doing so, it cast a spotlight on the United Arab Emirates’ sheer disregard for the rule...
UK Court Concludes They Were Abducted, Forced Back to Dubai United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities should secure the freedom of two daughters of the ruler of Dubai, who a United Kingdom court found are being confined against their will, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 5, 2020, a UK family court published its ruling that...
The best friend of Sheikha Latifa had said a court judgement which ruled that the princess was abducted by her father is “a step towards” her being free. London’s High Court found Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed abducted two of his daughters and threatened his wife. Tiina Jauhiainen, who was part of Princess Latifa’s failed attempted escape in...
Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein fled to London in fear for her life, High Court heardLawyers claimed Edward Oakden threatened to render her ‘persona non grata’ The allegation was made in November during Princess Haya’s legal battlePrincess Haya is still listed as a first secretary to the Jordanian embassy in London on the London Diplomatic List,...
Commenting on the publication of the two-family court judgements in the case of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, and his estranged wife HRH Princess Haya bint Hussein, David Haigh, human rights lawyer and co-founder of the Free Latifa campaign said: “It is now clear to see why Sheikh Mohammed did not...
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