8 months ago, when Tiina Jauhiainen and Hervé Jaubert landed in the UK after being kidnapped alongside Princess Latifa one of their first visits was to the iconic BBC Broadcasting House. Along with David Haigh and Radha Stirling the team met with an award-winning BBC documentary team. In her YouTube video message Princess Latifa was very clear, that in the event she was…

To mark the six-month anniversary of the kidnap and enforced disappearance of Princess Latifa, Amnesty International issued a public statement on 4th of September, calling for her urgent release together with a detailed report on her kidnaping. Sheikha Latifa Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is a daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice…

As UAE celebrated its third annual Emirati Women’s Day on 28th of August, the state-controlled local media hailed the “empowerment of Emirati women and their pivotal place in the society”. However, behind the façade of punchy headlines and celebrations for UAE women, the truth shows its ugly face. EmiratI women face constant breaches of their human…

Her best friend reveals to WHO Magazine shocking details of the kidnapping of UAE’s Princess Latifa. “They were threatening to kill me,” Tiina Jauhiainen tells WHO. “[Princess Latifa] was in front of me kicking and screaming. She was saying, ‘I’m claiming political asylum!’ But the authorities didn’t listen. The kidnapped royal was Princess Latifa Al Maktoum, 32,…

The critically acclaimed award winning Australian news show 60 Minutes aired an hour long documentary in July 2018, focusing on Princess Latifa. 60 Minutes spent months researching Princess Latifa’s brave escape attempt, interviewing witnesses and those helping the Princess. 60 Minutes is watched by millions of Australians in their homes and millions more across the…

Following the enforced disappearance of a Dubai princess, UAE and India continue to be in international spotlight as there is no confirmation of Sheikha Latifa’s wellbeing or whereabouts. With the high profile UN involvement, can these countries remain silent? The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance (UN WGEID) has transmitted the urgent communication,…

Having been instructed following the unlawful abduction, arbitrary detention and torture of Sheikha Latifa Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Hervé Jean Pierre Jaubert, and Tiina Jauhiainen, Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers filed an urgent complaint with the UN Special Procedures Branch, specifically the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance, the UN Working Group on…

United Arab Emirates authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammad al-Maktoum, the 32-year-old daughter of the ruler of Dubai, and clarify her legal status