It is time for the international community and everyone – especially women – across the world to unite to secure her freedom. [12] Sheikha Latifa is an experienced skydiver,[13][14] coached by former world champion skydiver Stefania Martinengo,[5] and held accelerated freefall instructor rating. Quite the same Wikipedia. [103], The matter was referred to the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions by Guernica 37, a London-based law firm representing Latifa and her two friends. [8], Sheikha Latifa escaped from Dubai in late February 2018 and was forcibly returned from international waters near the Indian coast by a joint India–Emirates operation on 4 March 2018. The Free Latifa campaign has already been successful in forcing Dubai to reveal that it was state security forces who abducted Latifa in March 2018, and that she is at least alive. 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We are an NGO with charitable aims and are acting on a voluntary basis to help Latifa, as are our partners and staff. [70] Further attempts of communication from those on-board Nostromo allegedly failed due to jamming from an Indian electronic warfare aircraft. “If I don’t make it out, I really hope there’s some positive change that will happen from all of this,” she said in the remarkable video she recorded before the daring escape attempt in February 2018. The United Arab Emirates says princess Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, daughter of Dubai’s ruler, is at home and living with her family. 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. She fled the UAE and made allegations of abuse at the hands of her father in a video which was circulated online. The private Israeli intelligence firm Rayzone Group exploited a loophole in a mobile phone network to enable their clients to track people around the world, a joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Guardian revealed on Wednesday. Princess Latifa, the 33-year-old daughter of Dubai’s leader, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, fled the conservative United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a daring escape nine months ago. Latifa stands for every woman in the Gulf who is trying to break free from male guardianship and exercise her right of self-determination and human rights. We at the FreeLatifa campaign, Detained International, and Stirling Haigh are proud to be among those that Latifa trusted with her quest for freedom. 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Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, a daughter of Dubai’s ruler, in a 40-minute video in which she says she’s planning on fleeing the country in Dubai, UAE. Shamsa Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the sister of missing Princess Latifa of Dubai. She is the full sister of Sheikha Maitha (born 1980), Sheika Latifa (born 1985) and Sheikh Majid (born 1987). She is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Born on December 5, 1985, Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is an Emirati princess and a member of the Dubai Royal Family. Top Searches Holiday Gifts. Learn more about Shamsa's life and her history as explained by her sister in … The other five on board were released, but Latifa has been held captive by her father, the ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, ever since. Trending. [48] Nostromo and the rest of the crew were taken to the naval base in Fujairah, escorted by the Indian Coast Guard and then transferred to UAE warship Baynunah. [117] However it was quickly established that the Nostromo was outfitted with satellite phone. The yacht she was traveling aboard was intercepted just as it neared land. Over the years their relationship turned into a close friendship. Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum (Arabic: الشيخة هند بنت مكتوم بن ُجمعة ال مكتوم; born 12 February 1962) is the senior wife and consort of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai. That’s his orders. [25] The following day, Sheikha Latifa, Jaubert and Jauhiainen, along with the crew of three Philippine nationals, were intercepted by Indian authorities while approaching Goa[26][27][28][29] on the U.S.-registered yacht Nostromo, call sign WDG9847. Congratulations to HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who has welcomed a new grandchild.His daughter, HH Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority announced on social media that she has given birth to a healthy baby girl, named Shaikha bint Faisal AlQassimi. If we didn’t realise it before, we now know that there are two ways of reacting to a crisis. Latifa Rashed Al Maktoum has 2,419 photos and videos on their Instagram profile. [62] The documentary covered the escape attempt that Sheikha Latifa had spent seven years planning and also looking into a similar attempt by her sister Shamsa in 2000. Latifa planned her bid for freedom over the course of many years. And gratifyingly it turns out that the world is a nicer place than I would have predicted. They were married on 26 April 1979. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: شيخة لطيفة بنت محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم‎ Laṭīfa bint Muḥammad bin Rāshid al-Maktūm) (born 5 December 1985) is an Emirati sheikha and a member of the Dubai ruling family. Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum II is one of the daughters of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the daughter of Dubai's ruler. Within hours of the attack on the Nostromo, Haigh contacted Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, as well as leading human rights barristers Toby Cadman and Alun Jones. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai. To Jeubert, as he said, Latifa is like a sister. 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