The UN rights chief met with Princess Latifa of Dubai in November and was assured she was well, but did not immediately reveal the meeting over privacy concerns, the UN said Monday. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet tweeted Friday about the meeting in Paris, but did not reveal the date. Sheikha Latifa, the 36-year-old daughter of Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, had said last June she was free to travel. Latifa made an unsuccessful attempt to flee the emirate in March 2018, escaping by boat with friends’ help before being hauled back. “I’m a hostage and this villa has been converted into a jail,” she says in one phone clip.

Source: The Guardian February 21, 2022 15:42 UTC