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The UK has said it wants to see proof that Princess Latifa, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, is still alive after she said she was being held against her will in “deeply disturbing” new images.
When asked if he would support seeing some kind of proof from the UAE that Latifa was alive, Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, told Sky News: “Given what we just saw, I think people just Human level I would like to see that she is alive and well, of course, I think it is a natural instinct and we would certainly appreciate it. “
He told the BBC that the video, obtained by the network’s Panaroma program, was “deeply disturbing” and that Britain was concerned about him and would follow developments at the United Nations, which they said would question the United Arab Emirates. about Princess Latifa.
“I have always raised human rights issues, I always do, with the foreign ministers, with the ambassadors,” the foreign secretary told Sky News.
“I think the right thing to do, taking into account what the United Nations has said, is to follow very closely, and obviously we always support the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.”
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights suggested it would raise questions about the video with the United Arab Emirates and a spokesperson said that the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention could launch an investigation after they have been analyzed. The videos.
In footage broadcast by BBC Panorama On Tuesday, Princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, whose father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is the ruler of Dubai and vice president of the United Arab Emirates, said she was “held hostage” in a villa in the UAE capital.
On Wednesday’s BBC Today show, Mr Raab was asked whether the UK was planning actions such as an asset freeze or a travel ban on people believed to be involved. He replied: “It is not the case that we can impose sanctions on people.”
When asked if Sheikh Rashid is welcome in the UK in light of the images, Raab said: “We remain committed to all of our partners and indeed that is the way we raise issues of concern, whether they are rights. human or otherwise. “
