Saudi princesses 'held captive' for over a decade
2014 ж. 9 Нау.
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They are daughters of the Saudi king, King Abdullah. Their mother is in exile in London. She has given her first TV interview to our reporter Fatima Manji, in which she describes the travel and other restraints she alleges are imposed on her now adult daughters.Sign up for Snowmail, your daily preview of what is on Channel 4 News, sent straight to your inbox, here: mailing.channel4.com/public/sn...
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He is doing that to hurt the mother for leaving. Making the daughters suffer. That's so cruel.
They were already mistreated before she left.
Beyound cruel...I wouldn't visit that country even if you paid me!
He had divorced her. Rich men in Saudi divorce their wives and get new ones on a regular basis. Fathers always get custody and “own” their daughters. They were probably speaking up against him.
It's beyound cruel. !
CajunSweetTart why did she leave them?? I would’ve taken my baby’s with me
So many people trying to defend Abdullah, I hate to think what you will do to your kids.
Fat n ugly look..
I'm not one of them.....this man is a demonic entity!
They're in denial
So very true
BRAINWASHING
The girls are so beautiful, just like their stunning mother. Such a shame, they could have had great lives: working, marrying, having children, traveling. He took it all from them 😭
Arab people are extremily good looking
@@KimAhrina11the fact that they’re good looking doesn’t take from the fact that Saudi Arabians who are powerful treat their women like their ‘property’, confine, and use and abuse them.
the king who Tortured his own flesh and blood can't be trusted
Are you stupid ?? Arabia better than your face a hundred times !!
Not only the king, the whole family.
yahya ali when you have countless own blood it probably doesn’t mean the same.
yes my assness!!!
@@neraneratuna4187 A man who abuses women are treats them with no respect is not a man. Be it he is a prince king or whoever. How stupid can u b nera.
He punished his ex wife through their Daughters.... That's how it is.... Why Hollywood don't make movies about this horrible situations? They r Masters on Horror movies....
Exactly a movie about locked princess would break the box office but there scared form saudia Arabia and uae
Why would a movie be made about other’s misfortunes
Facts!!
Amen
Where's the femenazi?
they are the daughters of the king (princesses) so what do you think about the normal citizens ? we need freedom
Since they are princesses, they are to behave the way that is perfect for a good woman. My guess is that normal citizens have more freedom than the princesses who are to be kept in cages and are observed much more closely. Yes, they have a better lifestyle, but I guess that's it.
The Muslim women who claim to fight for women’s rights in USA should go these countries and fight for their own women! Those women are in greater need than the US women.
Sadly they aren’t gonna care about middle class or poor women in that country. The rich will have to gain freedom first before others will follow.
Watching this makes me feel so powerless it’s like I can’t even help them
@@rayranja you are wrong. Its rampant that domestic helpers aka normal citizens are also abused and tortured. They cant even go out of the house, no days off. Passports are confiscated! Men and guardians walk around with sticks to use to whack their women who walk behind them. One wrong move, they hit them in public! What freedom? They cant even wear normal clothing! Educate yourself on what really goes on in these arab countries.
How can you trust a man that treats his own children like this,,,, 🥺🤬
It's not just "a man", it's an entire culture & country, where women are owned by men, unless discarded, and children are the property of fathers.
If there is no peace in the palace what a bout the poor
Bro Stfu RIP our king we respected him n we respect our culture Mind ur own businesses
@@TewDieTie your culture doesn't respect women. Why else would women run away and ask asylum in other countries if your "culture" was proper.
@@TewDieTieseems like the men are the only ones who get respect. Women aren’t property. They’re people
Set the princesses free.
It is hard to believe why a mother would leave her four daughters but as we all understand she was most likely forced to leave the country. Maybe the four daughters are being punished by their father because their mother did not give birth to a son. Horrible story, so inhuman, so cruel and devastating.
I hope the daughters can get out somehow. i don't know how, but i hope
@cindy chan, let us all prayer to God our Father Almighty, to have mercy and free the princess! Only God can change "man's" law!
Screw that whole system..save the women
LOOK AT THE CASES WHEN THESE RICH AND PAMPERED WOMEN TORTURE THEIR SLAVES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE MALAYSIA, PHILLIPPINES, SOMALIA ECT; THEY ARE JUST AS BAD, BU THOSE SLAVES ARE POOR. THEY DO TO THOSE WOMEN WHAT THEIR FATHERS, HUSBANDS PERHAPS BROTHERS DO TO THEM. FEEL MORE SORR FOR THE SERVANTS THAN THESE PAMPERED LOT.
@@sheelahales4738 ALL females should be Helped NO MATTER WHAT INCOME.
@@sheelahales4738 Yes, it's Very WRONG
I heard their mother say.."imagine being locked in a palace without maids." Really maids for now what they need is freedom not maids
There you have it. WERE THEY ALLOWED TO BRING THEIR SLAVE WITH THEM AND WHAT ARE THE SLAVES STATUS IF THEY DECIDE TO LEAVE.
What she meant is they have no contact with people from the outside
This is true my bestfriend from Afghanistan she has told many story's of her husband and husbands family abusing her and how the government would do nothing to help her but in fact would help her husband and his family. The women are so oppressed in the Arab countries, my heart hurts for them
Afghans aren't arab, and if you are thinking about Islam abusing women, its simply the culture not the religion. However I do agree with you, my heart goes out to them
Bailey Khan The fact that your husband is allowed to beat you and marry up to 4 wives says a lot
@@baileyvdm04 thank you I guess being so close to other Arab countries I naturally put them in the same category. I don't know much about their culture other than what she's told me and they aren't good memories. I feel for her
@LonelyMan Rabby ok what?
@@baileyvdm04 Afgans can be consider Arab or Middle Eastern right?
Beautiful women, I hope they get to see their mother one day soon! It breaks my heart to see that.
It does really
it's time to save these women from suffering continuous abuse, this report is so true, these women are held captive in a complex guarded by the saudi national guards in the city of jeddah, the report ony shows ten percent of the tremendous amount of abuse they are suffering on a daily basis.
van boran By now they should be married I guess.
By now they're should be DEAD. The late Saudi daddy king ordered not to even ask for his daughters' hands for marriage because his people will kill those princes or royal members if they try to do so. May God rest their souls in peace
@@belibre3067 which one? Where is this information coming from?
I TOTALY BELEIVE IN THIS!!! May Allah help this abused family. Amen
Bint Dubai Help us all Jesus
Amen.
Bint Dubai Ameen
@@bridiekeenan8249 JESUS, YOU ARE KING OF KING'S AND LORD OF LORDS!!! Please JESUS, Help These GIRLS!!!
@@torrileighdv muslim people believe in jesus they just don't believe he's god son That's it
This is heartbreaking but as a mother I could’ve never left my children... NEVER. I would’ve rather died.
She will carry that burden for being selfish she left her daughters behind and she must live with this
snj prl I guess you can’t help your children if you’re dead.
If he banished you from the country what can you do?
You Mn v
Look what the Dubai royal did to apress his daughters I will never fly emarites again
I have no intention of ever ever visiting that country!
@@shininglightjoi6627 probably cause dubai is a city not a country
She was his second (2nd) wife, and one (1) of Thirty (30) WIVES! Really? How old is he 75-80 years old? How is this even LEGAL?
The king abdullah with 30 wife’s is fJordanian not Saudi.
That is so sad, feeling so sorry for their poor mother so much, as a mother mself I could only imagine the pain she must feel over her daughters.
Those girls need to be free 😭😭😭😭
So Sad... I wish the mum and her children to hug each other again soon... 💓❤️💓❤️💓❤️
So sad to watch this and this is outrageous.. Good deed of you, to put this on the channel. Please keep updating on their status. Our heartfelt prayer's, for these children to be released and lead a normal life. Thanking all reading.
A 42 year old being held like a kid? Like seriously?!!??
Not a single external government has guts to question Saudi...except media
It pains me to know India could not stand with her. They say it’s national interest but I say nothing is above humanity
Princess Latifah was caught in international waters, not in India
@@SA_.377 She was caught by Indian Armed Forces (Navy, probably), as far as I know, and then handed back to her father. Modi should not have done this.. It was morally wrong. The woman was fleeing from abusive father. Indians should stop being blind Modi-bhakts. I like Modi's policies on many matters but not every damn thing. Too many Indians act like they are in a cult when it comes to Modi. It's the same way as many Trump-supporters are.
I just returned from the mall after a window shopping...didnt even had money to buy anything but i think its a blessing
Hannah Boakye Oh my dear, I feel you
PURE EVIL..
A cage of gold is still a cage.
hoping that those time they are out of this situation so hard for the mother thinking what happening for her daughter🙏💝💝
Saudi Arabia will change Keep on doing these interviews,
It has changed now and we thank God for everything
If this is true,the United Nations should intervine.
if they do all the soliders who step in to our country will be beheaded
i was thinking and getting jealous with those riches family cause they have everything.. ...but now i realized i was lucky coz im free for my owned....godbless you all princess's
it was so hard to understand why king has to punish his own flesh.,... begging and let them free
very good what u doing all the best praying for u
a country ruled by monsters
Demonic aliens for sure!
gorgeous women but prisoners ... so sad. HELP them
RELEASED THE PRINCESS NOW. GRANT YOUR WIFE HER DIVORCE IMMEDIATELY AND LEAVE HER ALONE.
No ! We have millions of dollars in business with that country ,!!No,NO,NO,
King Abdullah died in 2015... He had already divorced the mother of these girls.
saudi women are so beautiful!
. They are not Saudis this lady it’s from London that’s why never liked the life in Saudi, the torture was have to live in a different country and different culture. all it’s money in this case ! also the ladies suffered lol All was about money.. look how torture life they had lol even she showed some pics. when they traveled around the world lol
But their beauty is abused and they are secondhand citizens!. They would value their freedom more than beauty I'm sure!
@@leahwangui5029 GREAT COMMENT.
@Anemone Saudi’s and Arabians are very diverse ! There are some light Saudi’s
@@varissavarissa6883 stop being stupid she is not europian She is fully Arab from Arabic tribe and look 100% Arab her ethnicity is Arabian not English Just because Arab woman loved to live a europian lifestyle or travel to a europian country her ethnicity will not magically change
All princess looked Ma Sha Allah! Extremely beautiful @ may Allah set them free! Aameen
How sad!
Ouch. My heart goes out to you all. Be patient allah is with the patient.
What can we do?
THIS IS OLD UP DATE WE NEED UPDATE ON THIS ITS 2019 SO WHAT HAPPENED
No change but his current wife left him as of this week fled to Germany
@@krystingrant6292 THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION .IF ANYONE HEARS ANYTHING ELSE I WOULD BE VETY INTERESTED IN THIS YHE WOMEN IN THE KINGS MANSION ARE STILL BEING TORTURED AND STARVING IN THAT NIGHTMARE HIS OWN CHILDREN ARE DIEING AT HIS HANDS
@@krystingrant6292 top security in her London home with her 2 children. Seeking divorce ant major London Court. Other 2 daughters were captured and returned. One has appeared drugged and vacant. Not sure of the other Princess. Male cousin fled and ignorant joining a throng of advisors to secure their safe release. I pray so!
Olivia May you are mixing up sheikh Mohammed alMaktoom of UAE with these princesses, they are from Saudi
The Saudi princesses father, King Abdullah, died in 2015, and his half-brother became King Salman. The effective ruler since 2917 is one of King Salman sons, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) who can do as he likes, and it is unlikely that he will be bothered about the children of a minor wife of his half-uncle.
I'd rather be penniless, than a Saudi princess.
Please inform all parties concerned as rapid as possible
This is sad! 😞😞
It's more than sad. It's horrific!
So were they rescued?
I’m from Somalia but I’m still sad 😭
"Like father like son habits guys!"
they are soo beautiful, i pray for the whole world
.....but this isn't about beauty! Surely you can understand that!😡
I wonder how they're living right now?
All this time has passed, & I wonder what the status of these women are...they live in one of the most repressive places for women in the world. It's really sad that there's been no news on them.
It's been over 6 years now any update??
The new King is even more wicked ! No glimmer of hope!
@@inerit5175 wow that's too bad
@@belibre3067 that sucks, RIP to her.
Fun fact before the Sauds were the royal family my moms family was the royal family for hundreds of years
Stolen lives, sheer evil, senseless and sadistic. Why did no one help them, stand up for them, fight for them? Where are they now? How many more women are suffering in similar horrific situations? 😢😢😢
I hope this would have been a fairy tale like in this situation the princes would have come to rescue them and have a happy ending..... but i know it won't happen.... god bless them
This is a sad disappointing reality. Everyone of those women who are a princess are beautiful and the Mother. The mother seems strong and dedicated to her daughter's. I was saddened by this story.
It's 2019, are they still locked up?
How can you do that to your daughters. They are human beings. Not meant to be captive as if they are criminals, as if they have no rights, no mind of their own, no freedom, as if their life is not their own. What are we doing?
Brave woman.
Why is anyone even surprised that the women there are treated like property?! Just look at how the kings treat their own daughters! 4 trapped in a mouldy building for eternity, 1 kidnapped and brought back after escaping and languishing in solitary psych ward, and 1 kidnapped after escaping and no one knows the whereabouts of any,ore or if she’s even alive #freelatifa
“A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends
#FreeThe4
2020 and they're still not free
Oh my Lord, why why????
1 of 30 wife woooooow 🤦♂️
Gutter tripe!!!
Good for him😳😱
Did they ever get out. I heard no more
Can someone please tell me are princess s of saudi arabia sill a live
My heart go to the 4princess s and ther mum I hope they will get out soon
what happens with the women?? News?? please put information...
No. She assumed he would send them away with her once she got to London, but he began a program of torture and starvation instead, to teach her a lesson.
It is brutal and oppressive. Horrendous! When will these and all Saudi women finally be free? The world must take a stand on this issue.
My goodness
Very very urgent
How can you leave your 4 daughters behind?!
Entire gulf country kings are cruel how could they torture their own daughters ?? So sad
Is it not dangerous for them to be sending emails etc , they may get beat 💔or killed
Great 🌹
This brutal and oppressive regime needs to come to an end. My blessing to the four prison daughters may God be with you girls a woman. Hold strong help is on the way whoever did this to you guys will suffer the Lord is watching
She was so beautiful
Is!
he wants her back their daughters said idk what he wanna do with her he cant even brush his teeth
What's in your heart will come out, but he shall also have to bow down.
He was the most popular king among all the previous ones. He is my favourite too and I’ve never heard of this. Such a shame!
I Felt The Exact Same Way.
What has happened to these princesses? Why hasn't anyone in power in the west done anything?
Neglect abuse are learned behavior. The enablers of neglect abuse include the complicity of those who do nothing to intervene in the neglect abuse .
MBS should release them
Rescue these poor ladies from that evil kingdom. UN Human rights Watch is time to act.
Wow the mother is soooo beautiful and strong.
If Almighty God doesn't force us or oppress and His commandments are for our own good but who are you to oppress God's people remember God will judge all
Money is nothing without happiness in life
#justiceforallwomen
I am thinking where are the girls now?
sena hago probably dead or in solid confinement.
Sayeda Ahmed I hope not.
They are all freed by King Salaman. Lovely and kind princess of KSA! Saudi Arabia is in the right path of Openness and Social rights and equal rights for men and women are being restored. 🤗👍🏻😃 ! Vision2030 is on the horizon 🙏👍🏻
Fobert Gacula it is really good news.
@@fobertgacula5202 prove?
Such a scary place
I'll never visit!
Beautiful ladies so sad
Why are they doing this to their own kids
Marshalla.... 🤗💝💕💕
This is was not too long ago You call this freedom of women Saudi?
SAD!
As Salamu Alaykum
looks like boy george threw up on your tie
Thank God!!! I am not a princess... They don't have any freedom to make their own life decisions...