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How racing could save a young woman’s life
Somewhere in the United Arab Emirates is a 33-year-old woman who fears for her life. Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – or Princess Latifa, as she is best known – is being held against her will by her father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
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Students Work To Ban Dubai Leader Accused Of Holding Daughter Captive From Derby
A group of Louisville law students is petitioning the Kentucky Racing Commission to ban Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum from the Kentucky Derby.
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Dubai leader accused of holding daughter hostage could be banned from Derby
Could the leader of Dubai be banned from the Kentucky Derby? Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has a horse running in the Oaks, and a possible Derby contender. But accusations the ruler is holding his daughter hostage have caught the attention of a group of human rights attorneys and they want the Kentucky Horse Racing…
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Afternoons With Andy Maher: Interview with Lisa Bloom
US Attorney Lisa Bloom discusses Sheikha Latifa, Sheikh Mohammed, and racing giant Godolphin with Andy Maher.
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Amid Kidnapping Accusations, Should Dubai’s Sheikh Be Barred From Oaks?
As Kentucky Derby season gets underway, a team of lawyers in Louisville and Southern California has filed a complaint with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, asking the body to bar Dubai’s ruler from participation over alleged human rights violations.
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Lisa Bloom calls for Dubai ruler’s horse to be banned from the Kentucky Derby in protest over his ‘captive’ daughter Princess Latifa
Lisa Bloom has called for Dubai’s ruler and his horse to be excluded from the Kentucky Derby this year in protest over holding his adult daughter captive.
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Call for wife of Dubai’s billionaire ruler to be stripped of UN status
Leading NGOs, human rights lawyers and campaigners working for the release of a captured Dubai princess have called on the United Nations to strip the wife of Dubai’s ruler of her status as a UN Messenger of Peace.
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‘Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess’ wins 2019 Amnesty Media Award
‘Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess’ awarded the 2019 Amnesty Media Award for a documentary
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U.S. lawyer Lisa Bloom calls for Dubai boycott over ‘captive’ Princess Sheikha Latifa
An American attorney who has built a career defending women against powerful men has joined a group of human rights activists and international lawyers in calling for legal scrutiny over what happened to the daughter of Dubai’s billionaire ruler.
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Top human rights lawyer Lisa Bloom says arrest of Dubai ‘runaway princess’ on a yacht off India coast was ILLEGAL and her captors should face US court
US lawyer Lisa Bloom says she is determined to find out what happened to Princess Latifa Maktoum