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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 .