Published:
20 feb 2022 19:27 GMT
The high commissioner of the organization for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, held a private meeting with Sheikha Latifa bint Mohamed al Maktoum, in Paris.
The UN Office for Human Rights has published a photo of High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, together with the ‘captive princess’ of Dubai, Sheikha Latifa bint Mohamed al Maktoum, followed by a text in which she assures that the young woman “is find well.”
Both met in the French capital, in a private meeting organized by the princess’s legal adviser. The date has not been reported and the details of the appointment have not been disclosed.
“Michelle Bachelet met with Sheikha Latifa of Dubai, at the request of the latter, in Paris,” the organization wrote, adding that the princess herself informed the high commissioner “that she is well and expressed her desire respect for your privacy“.
.@mbachelet has met Dubai’s Sheikha Latifa, at latter’s request, in Paris. After introduction with Latifa’s legal advisor, the High Commissioner & Latifa met in private. Latifa conveyed to the High Commissioner that she was well & expressed her wish for respect for her privacy. pic.twitter.com/2VxLwVAMe0
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) February 18, 2022
The photo was revealed this Friday, a year following the British media published videos of the ‘captive princess’, daughter of the ruler of Dubai and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), securing that her family supports her as “hostage” in a village that qualifies as a “prison” and where she has been surrounded by the police since 2018, when she tried to escape without success.
Since then, the UN Human Rights office, together with organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as the UK Foreign Office, have closely followed the case and have even asked the UAE authorities a “proof of life” from Latifa.
For its part, the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in London assuredthat the princess “is being cared for at home, under the support of her family and professional doctors.”
