In a week that saw the United Arab Emirates kick off its “World Tolerance Summit” the FreeLatifa team the FreeLatifa campaign joined by over 20 leading NGOs signed an open letter calling on attendees to boycott the summit. The NGOs, lawyers and human rights defenders included PEN International, David Haigh, Michael Mansfield QC, barrister Detained...
DUBAI RULER ACCUSED OF HYPOCRISY AHEAD OF HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT In a week that saw the United Arab Emirates kick off its “World Tolerance Summit” Monday also saw the start of the final hearings in the High Court battle over the children of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, as his...
A controversy involving one of the world’s richest royal families is set to intensify when a court case begins in London on Tuesday. The dispute between Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and his wife, Princess Haya, has been the subject of intense media speculation in recent weeks, after it was reported she was in “hiding” in London at...
A few months ago, one of the wives of the ruler of Dubai, allegedly fled the UAE after learning disturbing new facts about the treatment of one of his children. The disappearance of Princess Haya bint Hussein, daughter of the King of Jordan, first emerged in a poem that Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum posted to...
Tiina Jauhiainen tried to help her best friend leave her stifling, traditional existence as the daughter of Dubai’s ruler. But in a dramatic intervention at sea, the princess was returned to the UAE. A year on, Jauhiainen is campaigning for Latifa’s freedom “Iwish I’d said something to her when they were taking her away,” says...
Former president Mary Robinson has said Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, who has fled from Dubai to London, remains a friend of hers. Mrs Robinson said she has never been friends with the leadership of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) except for Princess Haya, daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan, and wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. The...
It’s not what you expect a modern-day princess to say. “My name is Latifa bint al-Maktoum,” the statement to the camera begins. “My father is the leader of Dubai” and “I am making this video because it could be the last one I make. Pretty soon I am going to be leaving – somehow.” Less than...
Robinson insists she has ‘no knowledge’ of centre funded by Dubai royals The establishment of the Al Maktoum Centre for Middle Eastern Studies in Trinity College Dublin was perhaps bad timing for former President Mary Robinson. The announcement came amid a renewed focus on TCD chancellor Ms Robinson’s controversial link to Dubai’s ruling family. Ms...
A princess battling the ruler of Dubai over the custody of their two children has been made a senior diplomat at the Jordanian embassy in London. Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, 45, the sister of King Abdullah of Jordan, returned to the family division of the High Court yesterday for a preliminary hearing before a full hearing next...
Legal battle lines have been drawn up for a court case in London at the end of this month in which unprecedented revelations are expected to be made about one of the most powerful monarchies in the Middle East. The case, involving the ruler of Dubai and his sixth wife, comes with some extraordinary chapters of intrigue, claims of...
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