The 35-year-old princess, the daughter of Mohamed bin Rashed of Maktoum, leader of the Emirate of Dubai and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, tried to escape the country by boat from this Gulf city-state in 2018, to no avail.
The United Arab Emirates embassy in London said that Princess Latifa, who claims that her father, the Emir of Dubai, is holding her “hostage”, “is being treated at home” and that “her condition is improving”, in a statement published on Friday.
“His family has confirmed that His Highness is cared for in his home, supported by his family and health professionals. Her condition continues to improve and we hope she will resume her public life in a timely manner, “the embassy said after the BBC released an undated video in which the princess claimed she would be detained in her country and feared for her life.
The UN has asked the United Arab Emirates to provide evidence of the life of Princess Latifa, the daughter of the Emir of Dubai, after she claimed that she will be held hostage in the videos released by the British press.
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“We hope he will resume his public life in time,” the diplomatic legation added.
A spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Liz Throssell, said earlier in a press conference that Princess Latifa’s case was dealt with on Thursday before the Emirates’ permanent mission to Geneva.
“We are concerned about the situation, in light of the disturbing videos that were released this week. We are asking for more information and details about the current situation “of Princess Latifa, Throssell explained this Friday.
“We demand proof of life,” the spokesman said.
In addition, the spokeswoman insisted that, given “serious concerns” about Princess Latifa’s situation, “we ask the government to give priority to this response”.
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British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab had already demanded proof on Wednesday that Princess Latifa is alive.
“We are concerned about this,” said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, “but the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has already examined it and what we will do is wait and see how it progresses.”
– “Prison mansion” –
The 35-year-old princess, the daughter of Mohamed bin Rashed of Maktoum, leader of the Emirate of Dubai and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, tried to escape the country by boat from this Gulf city-state in 2018, to no avail.
Her relatives sent videos in which the princess claimed to be locked in a “mansion that became a prison” with all the windows closed and guarded by police. They said they had no news of her.
According to the British network BBC, the videos were recorded about a year after he tried to escape.
Several NGOs, such as Amnesty International, have called on the UN to consider the case of Princess Latifa, and the United Kingdom has demanded proof of life.
In December 2018, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson met with the princess and said she was “disturbed, suffering from a serious health problem and treated by a psychiatrist”, but that she was well cared for by her family. .
Two years later, the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances decided to “consider the clarified case” of the princess, “who appears to be being kept secret at her home in Dubai.”
NGOs regularly accuse the United Arab Emirates, a rich Gulf state close to Western countries, of violating human rights and suppressing critical voices.