Published: Thursday, February 18, 2021, 13:57 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 18: In videos, that went online on Tuesday, Princess Latifa, the daughter of Dubai's ruler, has alleged kidnapping. According to Princess Latifa, she is being kept hostage by her father in a villa converted into a jail, and adds she has no access to medical aid.
An investigation, that was led by the BBC, revealed the videos, which were apparently recorded in a bathroom, were taken over the course of several months on a phone Latifa was given about a year after she returned to Dubai in 2018.
Latifa's account of her capture and subsequent detention was revealed by her friend Tiina Jauhianen, her cousin Marcus Essabri and campaigner David Haigh. They are all part of a campaign called 'Free Latifa'.