Updated April 20, 2021, 3:28 pm
- Months ago, Princess Latifa’s video caused a sensation around the world.
- In seeking help, she reported that her father, the Emir of Dubai, had detained her.
- UN experts worry that there has been no other sign of the lives of the young aristocrats since then.
Many human rights experts claim the United Nations from the Gulf emirate Dubai A sign of life and clear information about the lost princess Latifa’s fate.
They said in Geneva on Tuesday that they were concerned about the allegations of ill-treatment. The two rapporteurs said, “We are concerned (…) that the authorities have not yet provided any specific information.”
Among other things, the United Nations Human Rights Office at Geneva Request to meet with the daughter of the Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
A video call asking for help from Princess Latifa is causing a fuss
Woman’s Friends were in the UK in February Released videos of the princess. In it, she mentioned that her father had detained her in a villa in Dubai that had been converted into a prison.
On the same day, the Dubai ruling family issued a brief statement that the princess “will be taken care of at home, with the support of her family and medical professionals. Her condition is improving and the family hopes to” return to public life in time. “
Latifa tried to leave Dubai in a rubber dinghy and yacht in February 2018. She was reportedly stopped by a special unit off the Indian coast and forcibly returned, her friends said.
The princess has not appeared in public since trying to escape. Latifa’s older sister was kidnapped from Cambridge and taken to Dubai in 2000 after trying to separate.
Human rights activists warn of “physical and mental” harm
Notifying the family with courteous care is not enough, according to several independent human rights reporters, who deal with issues such as torture, discrimination against women and girls, torture, and disappearance, among others.
“The fact that she is detained without contact with the outside world can have harmful physical and emotional consequences. It can be cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”
City-State of Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates. Latifa’s father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the Emirates. (dpa / afp / thp)
