In a week that saw the United Arab Emirates kick off its “World Tolerance Summit” the FreeLatifa team attended the High Court for the final hearings in the High Court battle over the children of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
UAE PREACHES TOLERANCE, PRACTICES HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE In a week that saw the United Arab Emirates kick off its “World Tolerance Summit” the FreeLatifa team the FreeLatifa campaign joined by over 20 leading NGOS signed an open letter calling on attendees to boycott the summit. The NGOs, lawyers and human rights defenders included, PEN…
London, UK: 15 March 2019. The UN warned Dubai’s ruling family that it intended to publicize concerns that Princess Latifa may have been killed days before photographs of her with Mary Robinson surfaced, claims the Times newspaper today. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, daughter of Dubai’s ruler, tried to flee in March last year, claiming…
The respected US TV news show NBC Tonight with Lester Holt, featured the story of Princess Latifa. The NBC team travelled to Cornwall to meet with Tiina Jauhiainen and David Haigh and filmed the Free Latifa campaign at work. The NBC news piece, titled “This Princess has been missing for over a year” aired on…
Stirling Haigh and Detained International founder and managing director David Haigh is the former managing director of top English Football club Leeds United and former Chairman of Leeds United Ladies. He spoke with Dianie Taylor for the Guardian on the arrest and detention of British tourist Ali Issa Ahmad, 26, an Arsenal supporter from Wolverhampton,…
Stirling Haigh and Detained International founder and managing director David Haigh was featured in the Huffington Post in January 2019. The Article, which concludes that the UK must not sacrifice free speech for trade links post Brexit sets outs David’s own fight for justice in the UAE. The article states “Former Leeds United FC managing…
Stirling Haigh and Detained International founder and managing director, spoke with Peter O’Dwyer of the Times in January 2019, updating the Middle Eastern desk on the United Nations Advocacy, legal fight and media campaign to secure freedom for Princess Latifa’s, and justice for Tiina Jauhiainen and the crew.
Read the full article here:
