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Spy companies using Channel Islands to track phones around the world
Private intelligence companies are using phone networks based in the Channel Islands to enable surveillance operations to be carried out against people around the world, including British and US citizens, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal following a joint reporting project with the Guardian. Leaked data, documents and interviews with industry insiders who have…
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SET HER FREE Dubai ruler DID imprison daughter princess Latifa and must be brought to justice, says UN
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum “ordered and orchestrated” the kidnapping of his daughter Princess Latifa, 34, two years ago after she fled the emirate he rules, according to a judgement by the UK High Court in March. Yet despite worldwide publicity and her plight being featured in an award-winning BBC documentary – Escape from…
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Dubai ruler’s ‘imprisoned’ daughter Princess Latifa remains in ‘grave danger’ as family begs UN to save her
The United Nations is being urged to take “decisive action” to protect “imprisoned” Princess Latifa of Dubai who lawyers believe is in “grave danger” at the hands of her billionaire father. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum “ordered and orchestrated” the kidnapping of his daughter two years ago after she fled the country he rules,…
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Haya of Jordan, or the princess who managed to escape Dubai
Kidnapped princesses, flown millions, threats and private jets… the divorce of the Emir of Dubai has everything a bad thriller. plunged into the heart of a reality as frozen as it is golden. On March 5, 2020, the comely Minister of Happiness of the United Arab Emirates made no comment. His boss, Mohammed ben Rachid…
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Spectre of damning High Court judgment against Sheikh Mohammed hangs over Pinatubo and Newmarket
Should favourite win 2,000 Guineas behind closed doors, the sport is spared dilemma of how to react towards owner after alleged abductions. If the odds-on favourite Pinatubo wins this weekend’s 2,000 Guineas, coronavirus protocols will save racing from an awkward presentation. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum striding into the winners’ enclosure to collect the big…
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Family court battles will be shown online
Appeal hearings in high-profile divorce and childcare cases are to be streamed live online as part of a move by the government to make the process more transparent. Ministers have put a statutory instrument before MPs that would allow such cases in the Court of Appeal to be posted live on the internet as part…
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Not even Dubai’s princesses are safe from repression
In a far cry from the usual dry legal ruling, the family division of Britain’s High Court upheld allegations about the abusive conduct of people acting for Dubai’s ruler. In doing so, it cast a spotlight on the United Arab Emirates’ sheer disregard for the rule of law — both within and outside its borders.…
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London court ruling ‘step towards’ captured Dubai princesses’ freedom
Dubai princesses and sisters Sheikha Shamsa al-Maktoum and Princess Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum have not been seen in public since their failed escapes from the palace. Fear is the true opposite of freedom, and two Dubai princesses were willing to risk it all for a life without control. The two sisters – Sheikha Shamsa al-Maktoum…
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Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum of Dubai: six wives, 30 children and a 14-year reign of control
Dubai’s ruler has been exposed in court as a tyrant who imprisoned his own daughters. For years, UK officials have resisted questioning his behaviour. In a hotel drawing room in west London last year, a stately Beiruti matriarch — dressed in fur and dripping in diamonds — took a sip of her tea and looked…
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Sheikh’s daughter called UK police after kidnap, lawyer claims
Revelation fuels calls for investigations into Cambridgeshire force and Foreign Office after high court bombshell. There are demands for independent inquiries into the roles of the Foreign Office and Cambridgeshire police after an investigation into the abduction of a princess on a British street was allowed to lapse.