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  • Govt keeps mum after UK judge talks of ‘capture’ of Dubai princess by Indian commandos

    Govt keeps mum after UK judge talks of ‘capture’ of Dubai princess by Indian commandos

    Indian officials say London court ruling came in a ‘family dispute’ that does not involve international governments, defence ministry has ‘no information’. The government has chosen to keep mum over a United Kingdom court saying that Indian forces helped in the “capture” of fleeing Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa in 2018, with sources only saying it…

  • Queen shuns Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed who kidnapped daughters

    Queen shuns Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed who kidnapped daughters

    Royal call for diversity in Commonwealth message to ‘worldwide family’ of nations. The Queen is to distance herself from the billionaire ruler of Dubai after a court ruled that he had kidnapped two of his daughters, The Times has learnt. The Queen and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum have had a close relationship for decades…

  • Mary Robinson’s visit to Dubai mentioned in British court judgment

    Court found Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum ordered abduction of two of his daughters. The British court judgment that found the billionaire ruler of Dubai had ordered the abduction of two of his daughters, mentions the controversial visit former president Mary Robinson made to Dubai in December 2018. The judgment relates to Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum, the ruler…

  • UAE: Free Dubai Ruler’s Captive Daughters

    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…

  • Dubai ruler abducted and imprisoned his princess daughters, UK court rules

    The billionaire ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, orchestrated the abductions, torture and imprisonment of two of his princess daughters, according to documents unsealed this week by a British judge. High Court Judge Andrew McFarlane’s ruling was part of a “fact-finding” judgment connected to a separate ongoing child custody case between Sheikh Mohammed…

  • Dubai’s Runaway Princess Wins Her Case

    Dubai’s Runaway Princess Wins Her Case

    She testified that about a threat to whisk her away to a desert prison, and a loaded gun on the bed. But the possibility of an arranged marriage of her 11-year-old daughter to MBS was only “hearsay,” said the judge. ver the past few months, Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been…

  • Police to review kidnap of Dubai sheikh’s daughter

    Police to review kidnap of Dubai sheikh’s daughter

    A police investigation into the kidnap of a teenage Arab princess is being reviewed for the second time after a judge found that the abduction was orchestrated by the powerful ruler of Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum was accused in court of ordering his agents to abduct his 19-year-old daughter, Princess Shamsa, in Cambridge…

  • Horseracing body urged to review sheikh’s status

    Horseracing body urged to review sheikh’s status

    The regulatory body of British horseracing has been urged to review whether it allows the ruler of Dubai to race his horses in the UK after a senior judge found that he kidnapped two of his daughters and left one of his wives in fear for her life. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, a billionaire…

  • Dubai Ruler Imprisoned His Daughters and Threatened One of His Wives, U.K. Court Rules

    Dubai Ruler Imprisoned His Daughters and Threatened One of His Wives, U.K. Court Rules

    Accusations against Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum of Dubai were validated in a child custody case. A court in Britain has found that Dubai’s ruler kidnapped and confined two grown daughters, then threatened one of his many wives when she began to question his treatment of them, according to British court documents released on Thursday.

  • Dark details of Dubai ruler’s private life laid bare by UK court case

    Dark details of Dubai ruler’s private life laid bare by UK court case

    Sheikh Mohammed’s reputation takes hit after his role in abduction of daughters is revealed. Parts of the ruling released by London’s High Court read like a thriller: a daring escape via dinghy, jet ski and yacht by a royal daughter attempting to escape the clutches of her domineering father. A princess caught in an affair…