"Free Latifa", asks the friend of the princess of Dubai and demands the action of the international community | Video | CNN

"We look forward to the support of world leaders like Joe Biden," Tiina Jauhiainen, a friend of Dubai Princess Sheikha Latifa, said in an exclusive interview with Guillermo Arduino for CNN. The princess is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates. She tried to flee abroad in 2018 and was last seen in March of that same year aboard a yacht, before the Indian and Emirati security forces took her back to Dubai. In 2019 she sent secret videos to her friends accusing her father of holding her hostage, according to a BBC documentary. CNN has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the recording in which Latifa appears and requested comment from the Government of Dubai. For its part, the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances reported that it would analyze the case. Meanwhile, the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the United Kingdom issued a statement thanking those who have expressed their concern for Latifa's well-being, "despite the fact that the media coverage does not reflect the real situation." In addition, he said that "her family has confirmed that the princess is being treated at home with medical assistance" and that "they expect her to return to public life at the right time."