Princess Latifa, daughter of the Emir of Dubai, denounced that her father was holding her “hostage” and feared for her life

Princess Latifa Al Maktoum, one of the emir of Dubai’s daughters, denounced her in a series of videos released on Tuesday by the British network BBC who is held as a “hostage” in a villa after trying to flee the country in 2018 and fear for his life.

“I’m recording this video from a bathroom because it’s the only room with a door that I can block. (…) I am a hostage and this village has become a prison. All the windows are closed with bars, I can’t open any, ”says Al Maktoum, 35, in one of the videos.

“Every day I worry about my safety and my life. I don’t know if I will survive this situation, ”says the princess, who assures us that five police officers are watching the mansion from outside, while two others are inside.

The daughter of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai, as well as Vice President and Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates, recorded these messages “for several months” in secret, but the communications “stopped”, alerts the BBC.

Some of his friends “urge the United Nations to act,” said the channel.

Latifa first attempted to escape Dubai at the age of 16, but began planning her most serious escape attempt in 2011., after having maintained contacts with the French businessman Hervé Jaubert, according to the British public channel.

February 24, 2018 The princess got on an inflatable boat with Tiina Jauhiainen, who had been her martial arts instructor, and they sailed to international waters, where a yacht with an American flag awaited them..

Eight days later, off the coast of India, the ship was attacked by “commandos” who used smoke grenades, targeting the two women and dismissed Latifa, who had not been heard from until now. , to Dubai. According to the article published by the BBC.

In 2019, theTensions between the emir’s family reached British courts, when Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan, sixth wife of the millionaire president, visited the UK and sought protection for herself and two of his children..

In this process, the High Court of England held that it was proved, among other facts, that the Sheikh “had ordered and orchestrated the forcible return of his daughter Latifa to the family home in Dubai” on two occasions, in June 2002 and February 2018.

“In 2002, the return took place from Dubai’s border with Oman, while in 2018 it was with an armed commando at sea near the Indian coast.»Describes the sentence.

The judge also points out that in August 2000, the Emir organized the “kidnapping” of his daughter Shamsa to take her from the United Kingdom to Dubai.

According to British media reports, the 71-year-old president was married to six women and had at least 30 children.

With information from EFE

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