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The failed escape: Sheikha Latifa’s doomed flight from Dubai
Three years ago, in secluded corners of a sprawling mall in Dubai, Sheikha Latifa, the daughter of the emirate’s ruler, plotted with close friend Tiina Jauhiainen to escape her father’s clutches.
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Robinson’s visit to Dubai in spotlight after UK court ruling
Finding UAE leader organised abduction of daughters goes against former president’s assertion. The dramatic finding by a UK family court that the ruler of Dubai organised the abduction of two of his daughters turns the focus again on a controversial intervention by Mary Robinson in relation to one of the women 15 months ago. The…
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Princess Haya, the polished princess whose affair brought a storm of abuse
Princess Haya once personified the image of Dubai as an oasis of tolerance in a desert ruled by tribal conservatism. The marriage of the Jordanian princess to Dubai’s powerful ruler cemented connections between the royal families and led to her international role with the United Nations. After 15 years travelling the world selling the idealised…
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Police were told to drop Dubai princess kidnap inquiry
A police investigation into the kidnapping of a teenage Arab princess after she escaped from her father’s British mansion was halted following interest by Tony Blair’s government. Princess Shamsa was 19 when she was snatched from a street in Cambridge in August 2000 and has been kept captive since by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum,…
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Judge: Dubai ruler threatened wife, had daughters abducted
Jill Lawless and Danica KirkaMarch 5, 2020, Associated Press News The ruler of Dubai conducted a campaign of fear and intimidation against his estranged wife and ordered the abduction of two of his daughters, a British judge ruled in documents that were unsealed Thursday. A judge at the High Court in London found that Sheikh…
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Dubai ruler kidnapped two of his daughters including Princess Latifa, British judge rules
The revelations emerge following a press battle over a dispute between Dubai’s ruler and his wife Princess Haya bint al Hussein. A British judge has found that the ruler of Dubai is responsible for the kidnapping and detention of two of his daughters, including Princess Latifa. The explosive revelations have emerged following a press battle…
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Princess Haya: I feared Dubai ruler would abduct my kids
Jordanian Princess Haya bint al-Hussein told London’s High Court that she feared her former husband, the ruler of Dubai, would abduct her two children, take them back to the Gulf Arab state and prevent her from ever seeing them again. Haya, 45, half-sister of Jordan’s King Abdullah, came to Britain with her two children in…
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Dubai ruler oversaw threats to wife and abduction of daughters, court rules
Legal rulings reveal campaign of intimidation by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the billionaire ruler of Dubai, orchestrated a campaign “aimed at intimidating and frightening” his former wife Princess Haya that included leaving a gun on her bed on two occasions, London’s High Court has ruled. The court, which is…
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Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters and threatened wife – UK court
Abduction, forced return, torture and a campaign of intimidation. On Thursday the damning allegations made against the billionaire ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, by his former wife, Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain, became established fact, published in a series of judgements by Britain’s High Court. Following a high-profile case that began eight months…
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Tangled family life of Dubai’s ruler blown into the open
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, and close friend of the British royal family, is nothing if not conscious of his status. He is Dubai’s emblem: modern, adventurous, closely tied to the west, with a love for the high-tech and for bling. He also has deep…