Post was not sent - check your email addresses! She surely knows, as Latifa knew, that asylum provides her the only safe route out of the royal palace,” said Radha Stirling, head of Detained in Dubai, a group campaigning for Latifa’s cause.“If she was abused, she could not go to the police; if she wanted a divorce, she could not go to the courts,” she added in her statement, according to Business Insider.A spokesman for the UAE told the news outlet: “The UAE government does not intend to comment on allegations about individuals’ private lives.” “If there is one daughter, two daughters, it is not representative of the other 20,” he tells me over a cappuccino at an opulent hotel near the Dubai airport. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.The ruler of Dubai's daughter has not been seen since she tried to escape the countryEMIRATI Princess Sheikha Latifa has not been seen in public after reportedly attempting to escape from Dubai earlier this year.Her daring bid for freedom is the subject of a BBC documentary Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of a Missing Princess.Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum is the 33-year-old daughter of the Dubai’s billionaire ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum.The Sheikh is also Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and reportedly has several children from various wives.In 40 minute video released her escape bid, Latifa said she had previously tried to leave the UAE aged 16 but was captured at the border, jailed for three years, beaten and tortured.She alleged her family had imprisoned and tortured her and she now wanted to escape the clutches of her father.The Princess also said she was the daughter of the Dubai ruler and an Algerian mother, Horriya Ahmed.She learned he had escaped the Dubai authorities, because of a financial dispute, by putting on a burqa and then scuba diving into international waters.A 2010 book he wrote Escape from Dubai, which prompted Sheikha Latifa to contact him, he said.Together with Tiina Jauhiainen, her Finnish martial arts teacher and friend, she drove over the border to Oman where a dinghy and then jet skies took them to Mr Jaubert's 100ft yacht called Nostromo.But after a week at sea on the Indian Ocean, Mr Jaubert claims they were spotted and monitored by reconnaissance planes.Then off Goa they were boarded by what appeared to be crew from the Indian coastguard.The runaway princess was then dragged off the yacht by what were believed to have been commandos.Ms Jauhiainen said she watched her friend being dragged away "kicking and screaming for her life".She has not been seen in public since and her Instagram account has been closed.Relatives insist Sheikha Latifa is “safe” in Dubai and released a video of her at the end of last year at home with former Irish President Mary Robinson.Princess Haya is Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's sixth wife.The Times reports that she is said to have been granted permission to remain in Germany with the couple's children.Close friend Tiina Jauhiainen, of the Free Latifa campaign, who helped her escape bid, said: “Princess Haya has the chance to help.”“We would urge Princess Haya to use her global power and influence to help free Latifa, who is and suffering because of her own father’s treatment of her," she added.“She may be a princess, but this is about freedom and equality.
Dubai’s sheikh was allegedly lining up his 11-year-old daughter to marry Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who is 22 years her senior, a UK court heard yesterday.Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum reportedly discussed the agreement in February 2019 which would have seen his daughter Princess Jalila – aged 11 – married to Bin Salman. He is the second son of their 12 children and the fourth of his father's children.

That is not what this father does with his daughters – there are about 13 of them – at this age.”If Haya’s claim of the planned arranged marriage is true and if it went ahead, Princess Jalila would have been the second wife of the 34-year-old Saudi crown prince, who has been known for being behind the assassination, imprisonment and brutal crackdown on his critics both at home and abroad.Child marriage in the Middle East – Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor]This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google It was not clear who this order was in …

Equality, dignity and the right of self-determination for millions of women across the Middle East is at stake.“We hope that Princess Haya and her children are safe and that she well use her new found freedom to speak publicly about what has really happened to Latifa and we would urge her to contact us and join our campaign.” Corrie's Mollie Gallagher looks very different as she takes break from filming Teen cries for help after dog mauls her beloved pet to death before owner flees 14 huge Corrie spoilers including Tim's exit and Todd's explosive return Loose Women war breaks out as Coleen Nolan’s manager rants about Nadia Sawalha Cheap holidays to Turkey now costing tourists even less as local currency plummets©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. THE billionaire ruler of Dubai ordered the kidnap of his two daughters – one on the streets of Britain – before locking them up and torturing them behind his palace walls, a High Court …
He has more than 20 children by different wives.Princess Haya, who competed in equestrian jumping in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, has often attended Britain’s Royal Ascot horse races with Sheikh Mohammed.Princess Haya attended the court hearing in London. Sheikh Mohammed did not.

Throughout their two-year affair she allegedly showered him with gifts and even a home in the English county of Suffolk where he stayed after their affair was revealed. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF.

It was not clear who this order was in relation to.At the High Court of England and Wales, she also applied for wardship, which means a child is placed in the hands of the court for major decisions.A forced marriage protection order helps if someone says they have been forced into marriage or are already in a forced marriage, according to official British legal definitions.When asked about the court proceedings, an official at the London embassy of the United Arab Emirates said: “The UAE government does not intend to comment on allegations about individuals’ private lives.”Representatives of the sheikh did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

He is now said to be in hiding, however, fearing for his life.He has, however, strongly denied Haya’s claims, particularly regarding the alleged forced marriage. Princess Haya fled the UAE last year and filed for a divorce in the UK; she said the planned nuptials were a key The billionaire ruler of Dubai has previously been accused of kidnapping his daughters; in 2000, Sheikha Shamsa Al-Maktoum Years later, in 2018, her sister Latifa tried to escape, crossing the border into Oman and then travelling 40 kilometres on a rubber boat, before meeting a The court also heard of Princess Haya’s alleged extra-marital affair with her personal bodyguard – a former British soldier named Russell Flowers – with whom she fled. Princess Haya, wife Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, has fled to London amid fears for her life after learning chilling details about …