Princess Latifa is sending gruesome videos out into the world from Dubai.
Accordingly, she is locked in the palace.
Now the signs of life have stopped.
Dubai - “I'm in a villa.
I'm a hostage and this villa has been turned into a prison, ”the young woman whispers in a fragile voice into a smartphone,“ all the windows are barred, I can't open any.
There are five policemen outside and two policewomen in the house.
I can't even go outside to get some fresh air. "
Princess of Dubai pleads for help in videos: Latifa is secretly filming herself in the bathroom
It is Princess Latifa, daughter of the Emir of Dubai.
This is confirmed by “Humans Rights Watch”, the BBC and the UN.
Friends of Latifa are said to have leaked the recordings to the English news portal.
The 36-year-old filmed herself. Locked in the bathroom, apparently the only room she can lock.
The Princess of Dubai sends urgent calls for help to the world.
"I don't know when I'll be released and what the circumstances will be like when I'm free," she complains in another video.
Dubai: Princess in fear of death - Suddenly the messages stop
“Every day I fear for my safety and my life.
I don't really know whether I will survive this situation, "says Latifa more and more desperately," the police threatened me that I would spend my whole life in prison and never see the sun again. "
The situation is becoming more and more hopeless every day, says the princess in the last video she saw.
At the latest, the meanwhile missing messages from Latifa are now also worrying the world community.
Her friends told the BBC that they had published the pictures because they hadn't heard from Latifa for months.
The videos should now be two years old.
UN demands signs of life from Princess Latifa: Emir of Dubai persistently remains silent
After Great Britain had dared the first foray, the UN Human Rights Office is now pushing for a response from the government from Dubai.
Emir Mohammmed bin Raschid al-Maktum is supposed to send a sign of life from his daughter.
And the emir?
Be silent.
What is happening, or has happened to Princess Latifa, probably nobody outside of Dubai knows at the moment.
Unfortunately, your story is even more worrying.
Dubai: Princess Latifa tried to escape three years ago - Sonderkommando probably in action
Reports were made public in 2018 that clearly indicated imprisonment.
Three years ago, Latifa tried to escape from Dubai with a yacht and a rubber dinghy.
It was said at the time that she was caught by a special command shortly before the coast of India and brought back to the desert state.
Women's and human rights in Dubai?
Amnesty International criticizes the United Arab Emirates
The apparently justified excitement and concern for Princess Latifa makes the shadowy conditions in the luxury metropolis visible again.
Aside from the glitz and glamor, which is attracting more and more German influencers, there is a strict regime.
Amnesty International speaks of a “policy of systematic suppression of any form of dissent or criticism”.
Freedom of expression is severely restricted, women's rights are barely existent and the death penalty is still imposed, the organization describes the current situation in the United Arab Emirates.
List of rubric lists: © Amr Nabil / picture alliance / dpa / AP |
picture alliance / dpa / # FreeLatifa campaign - Tiina Jauhiainen / David Haigh / AP |
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