What happened to Dubai's Princess Latifa? - BBC News
2018 ж. 4 Мам.
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Sheikha Latifa, the daughter of Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has not been seen since March 2018.
It's claimed she was snatched while trying to escape the country with the help of a former French spy and a Finnish martial arts instructor.
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates.
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Whats the point of all the money, riches and opulence if you don’t have a loving family. Really makes you see things in perspective.
Madhurima Bansal best things in life are free.
well spoken rich muahmmed
Yes, western christian culture became post-christian pagan culture. Now it's like in Middle East - pagan islamism and sex/death cult.
Story of my life except the money part. 😏
You and all your followers mistake UAE with Saudi Arabia. Look at her lifestyle.
The annoying thing is, this was posted weeks ago. I honestly mean weeks ago and it took the BBC till now to post it!
Nomi saw it 2 months ago.
Eyob Worku me too. Shocking it's taken this long!!!
They were planning to update the story by adding more people.
It's more than two months now
Nomi agrees it happened in march
They don't do justice with their own family women, what would you expect them to do for citizens.
@@jaseemj313 lmao abhi aur hona hai ye to
That’s fake
We have freedom
@@AA-ol5cq I am not saying that people don't have freedom. I have lived in UAE for a long time and it is good in all aspects except some. One is the harsh law system, second is justice to labour and the third is the lack of equality where Western country citizens are privileged over Asians. It's like being liberal with loopholes.
@@jaseemj313 Molestation and rape victims are everywhere. Atleast our judicial system is courageous enough to support the victim and punish the convicted. Most of the victims in Middle East go silent in the fear of cruel Sharia law and the best part is that your government take pride in censoring the news and victims. This is the reason why people don't want to buy real estate in so called developed countries like UAE.
What a horrible place to be born a woman. I don't understand the attraction of Dubai to visitors from the West. How much shopping can a person do, and why there? Certainly I understand that there are lots of jobs for those coming from poorer nations. Those workers aren't living well and many are trapped there.
DSherman50 As grievous as the story about the Princess. How can you sit there at your home and say something like that about one of the best cities in the world? Every country has some sort of dark work and it compares nothing to the colonialisms and wars and racism happening in the 'white' countries which exists to this date. Go and live there and ask those 'poor' workers in Dubai and they would scram 'My Dubai' at the top of their lungs. Sure life is hard. So it is in any mojor metropolitan city. New york/london/tokyo/mumbai etc. Those poor workers that you call upon have had opportunities to become multi millionairs and most of them have built Mansions back home working in the UAE. Its not sad and deserted like its shown in hypocritical biased western media. I don't know wht this happened and why was the Princess prosecuted. Probably a rebel against the wishes of her father's rule for certain issues. But all in all Dubai provides one of the safest, luxurious, most convenient lifestyles in the world that most of these other bigger countries only dream about.
Murtaza Ali Lehri I stand by my initial statement, not a good place to be born female. But that is true throughout the Middle East as women are still treated as chattel. Dubai is a playground for the very rich. Leaving Israel out of the equation, if I was extremely wealthy and had to live in that area of the world, I would certainly choose the UAE as I've always felt it more progressive there. I was born in Los Angeles and continue to live in the LA/OC Metro area. There are a good deal of extremely wealthy people in this area and they need only go to Rodeo Drive or Fashion Island. Frankly, the climate is better here, though I admit ac is a must now, even when living at the beach. The weather patterns have indeed changed in the past 50 years. I know the whole world is judging us because of the ignorant, foolish blowhard now in the White House. However, he did not get there fair and square. He had help from Russia, and perhaps other countries as well. Trump was a failure in business and has great difficulty forming a sentence, never mind expressing a thought. He is a compulsive liar and lost the popular vote by nearly three million. Here in California, we want nothing to do with him. I don't deny that his base is made up of white racists and the way Hillary Clinton was treated when interviewed, by Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer, was shameful. There was a bias against Hillary Clinton, because she is female. I watched as they were dismissive of her. She was interrupted in a way I've never seen a man encounter. (Fortunately, their secrets regarding how they treated women with whom they worked got out, and they were promptly fired and dropped out of sight in shame.) My point is that white men are rapidly losing their privilege in the United States. Needless to say they aren't going quietly. They are hating on women and people of color. Further, they are supporting Trump, as are the Fundamentalist Christians. So, we have our unique share of problems in the United States. But, as a female, I believe I was born in an easier place. I'm able to be unencumbered by a man and nobody cares.
DSherman50 Nobody is talking about gender here and probably rest of the world do not really see being clueless about existence, having hardly any moral values and build them up as you go and as you like and being used and portrayed only as a symbol of sex a something liberating. The worse thing is that people in the west think and live as though men throughout the world got everything put to them in Golden plates and this world was built solely by women for Men on Emerald thrones. There are 8 billion people in the world and every culture and faith is diverse and people find perse and see meaning in freedom way differently. One peculiar thing which has never gone out of existence from White colonial time (which included majority of white elite women as well, women aren't born angels) that they think their culture, their rule, their language, their belief system, their ideologies are always perfect and rest are trash. This is evident from your statement of Israhell, one of the most inhumane, two faced, evil forms of apartheid occupations after Hitler. Regardless i see you're completely into a white utopia, oblivious of the 'rest of the wold' and a fake sense of freedom that USA have built. Sure, I do admire the freedoms in many parts of the western world but then there is a limit to everything. Drugs are good to cure an illness but an overdose is fatal. Extremism both sides either Nationalism, Religious Fanatism or extreme form of anarchist freedoms are dangerous to the fabric of human civilisations. And please, it hasn't started with Trump in house. Hilary wasn't any pure hearted if she was a female. JUST being woman gives nobody a free pass in a just society and many middle eastern nations put men AN & women on equal jurisdictions. Men suffer too, its just that throughout history men were either silent bearers or loud aggressors and women were either silent killers or loud speakers to get what they wanted from men. Do not pretend that today women can't just scream rape there and destroy lives of innocent hard working family men and boys. Talking about fine hypocrisy from the west. My point being not all places are absolutely clean of errors. We are all human beings after all and this earth is a place of errors. If you're an Atheist you will brush it aside. If religious you'd know this that everything that happens on earth never remains consistent. Empire have risen and fallen and governments came and went. Its only basic human values, codes of conduct and modesty that's held 90% of the world going. Rest is history.
Murtaza Ali Lehri "Nobody is talking about gender here." Really? The first sentence in my first comment stated what a miserable place to be born female. You are talking out if your ass and you don't seem to know that or perhaps you just don't care. "My Dubai!" BULLSHIT. "Most build mansions back home." BULLSHIT! The UAE may be more progressive than it's immediate neighbors, but that hardly garners much credit. I'd not step foot in the Middle East for many reasons, and ignorant men like you think they are to be obeyed, and they are kind benefactors to the poor who are forced to work in deplorable conditions and are all too often trapped in your country. And, you can shove all your talk of morals up your ass! You say, maybe the princess rebelled against her father so a death sentence.... What about the morals of a country who would dare meddle in our presidential election because there was a crook running and you knew he was for sale. Do us all a favor and stay on your tiny patch of endless desert. Maybe try to build a university so you can educate your population instead of building more malls and hotels. Your sheer ignorance is wanton and deplorable, so fuck you!
Murtaza Ali Lehri What are you, 20 years old or something like that? Your mind appears to simply roam and a sentence or two later you're headed elsewhere without any foundation for what you are hoping to express. You need to write your stream of contradictions private. I pity the females in your life when your culture requires that a man is to be put above a woman and women must respect and obey men, for he was born male. I don't see Dubai as a "great city". The older, original parts of the city are way more interesting then the flashy, over the top new buildings seeking conspicuous consumers needing ever more luxury. The pampering is over the top. I will admit the 20 year marketing campaign has worked. Of course big celebrities are going to show up for a comped stay and photo op. I don't believe it is what the world wants or needs. 10% of the population is native to the UAE. People from all over the world come to make money
How can he treat his own daughter like that? 😐
Neeraj Ahire It is easy for us to be judgemental, specially after hearing only her side of the story. In the Indian subcontinent, most girls are treated in the same way. They have to conform to their traditions and cultures or they will be beaten up/tortured.
Muna Masood Bro I agree all that happens in India in rural areas.... but in this case she is a daughter of ruler of Dubai...its not the same as being a villager...
Muna Masood it mostly doesn't happen in urban areas...only in rural areas...
Neeraj Ahire Yes, true. But a ruler has to be more careful. His reputation, his concern for her values and morals, etc. Muslim children normally abide by their Islamic values but Latifa grew up with free-thinking Western people who changed her way of thinking. Latifa lived a life of luxury. She had a title, palace, servants, chauffeur, etc. She had everything she wanted. Even the freedom to learn skills, to go wherever she wanted, free lessons in luxury sports, a lovely family life, etc. Many would exchange their lives to be in her place.
psychopath elite
You’re a little bit late on this story BBC 😒
Rachel H they don't have anything to report so why not
Rachel H that's true because it have become more than a month
Ameen Asif oh thanks for telling everyone
EXACTLY idk why it is taking news stations so long she is probably dead now
Rachel H i
The more religious a country is, does not necessarily more civilized.. Japan is not religious country but it is one of the most safe places in the world.
Indeed WE MUST REMOVE EVERY RELIGIONS AROUND THE WORLD
@@lucasdeabrielle7375 that my friend is a perfect recipe for stupid wars
@@comforth3898 what do you mean?
Just as racist as Dubai if you ask me..
@@lucasdeabrielle7375 not Ethiopian orthodox because it believes in women's right and women's have right in Ethiopia unlike other countries
Skydiving was her only chance of total freedom :((
Yes true she had nothin to do 😔
What's woman wants on name of freedom , other than making a society more and more adult place. Shame on such girls .
She could hv skydived her way out of Dubai.. Stupid girl
@@kadelideepak r stupid u need to use ur brain
@@kadelideepak ur an actual idiot
About time BBC, this needed to be covered much earlier and be sent to all news outlets
Yes. Their fake prophet Mohammad was illiterate rapist, idolater and slave trader. He gang banged his 11 wifes and other poor slaves...
Hasan Abdurahman ibn Hatab A Muslim name, stop being rude and negative to the religion. What’s your source for this for: Illiterate rapist, idolater and slave trader, gang banged his 11 wives?
Lol sugar snaps got outta her cave just like bbc. Were you in the kitchen busy making sandwiches a month ago?
Sugar Snaps agreed!!
Sugar Snaps it’s a documentary that’s why it’s made later
This is the real Dubai. So said but true
not dubai its islam
praj wol nothing to do with Islam
M Khan also nothing I confirmed
These people are not real
If these people are real the would get paid to be quite
Seriously! this story is about a young ladies human rights, some of the comments that viewers are writing is waste of energy they're attacking each other with a war of words. Maybe if they use their energy to keep talking about this story and keep it in he media could help her and other victims around the globe.
Heart breaking and scary to think that not even being a royal can help.
Very late news.
Nour Adel exactly
Ajie yes honey
yeah 2 months
pure heart 4
people, this is BBC...that it means this is a fake news with a hidden agenda, you do not know yet. this is just just mass manipulation.
BBC. You guys are too slow. This video came out many moons ago and when she needed the publicity you guys failed to pick it up. So much has happened to her since and she’s allegedly back in Dubai - probably locked up in a cage inside a palace somewhere.
This is supposed to be an update on the princess. They already reported on her months ago.
It’s an absolute disgrace this story has even taken this long for big news sources to recognise it. Absolutely no one I’ve talked to knows about this. We need to do more.
Are you seriously that naive? You still believe the news corporations are working to disclose information to the public? All those agencies are working to manipulate the public views pushing them in directions beneficence to the governing forces and their agendas. All those corporations are owned and sponsored by the same people. The king of Dubai is one of those people. You got to be clueless to think that any of them got your interests in mind .
@Tainá 💙🍀 انشاالله
Oh, my dear Latifa. How can they not love such an interresting personality?
Hello greetings from the Royal family 🥰💓💞💋
@@princehamdan1619 what...?
@@princehamdan1619 fake acc
Poor woman. I hope she's found safe and well soon.
Helen Hancock she's dead
Moinuddin Mohammed Oh my God! When? I thought they took her back!
Mast Dany Really? Where did you get this info? Is it official? 💔
Nurul Ikmalun Neesa Ismawi not official, but confirmed by close sources that her dad killed her on the spot upon arrival
Earthy Nomad Did her friends, Tiina, Radha Stirling and Hervé know this? Can they confirm this? I've talked to Radha before on Facebook, and they (Radha and Detained in Dubai) never said anything about Shka Latifa being dead. The search is still ongoing right now
Why did she try to escape to India? That's crazy! Even if she had managed to reach India, the Indian government wouldn't have helped her. How can the Indian government help her when there are so many Indians, especially Malayalis, working and doing business in her country? She should have tried to escape to Qatar or Iran. They would've helped her.
Actually any country of the Arab world wouldn't have helped her. India didn't want anything to with the situation so they sent her back, which on their part is the right thing to do. If they had helped her out it would have caused severe trouble to the Indians living in UAE.
Ividem undo
I doubt Iran would help her
She was not in Indian waters or territory n mark my words if she make her trip to India successful then this scenario was totally different... indeed UAE is a important trading partner for india but there is something called Constitution of india which must protect her else this was going to the biggest embarrassing incident for BJP n opposition will take this incident for political benefit 😃 She was caught because of her foolishness , she text her sister on the 3 rd day during her journey to India 😞 she was abundant from international waters not from Indian waters so there no point to figure about indian authentic in this case
Are you REALLY suggesting IRAN would have helped her?
India should respond for the crime of attacking a private boat in international waters with war ships! They all had a visa and if they weren't welcome there's a legal procedure to take in that case. They shouldn't get away with it!
There is a huge indian workforce in the middle East... accepting the Princess would have had a negative impact on those expats...
Valérie Roy india only saved the princess from the kidnappers
@@danischannel true
@@joaquimfurtado4868 so when you save a princess, you handcuff her right?
As an Indian, I agree India had no business aiding her capture and return It was too cheap and inhuman an act All coz of Indian workforce there I guess but no respect for our govt for this terrible act
I did not know this man Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum so brutal.. I am so sorry , wish you the best and the peace and freedom that you desire and deserve.
peace4planet he has so many cases pending for child trafficking and human rights violations. Its just not covered much by media
Arab society is insane. They make the Yanks look proper normal.
Wabi-sabi8551 "Arab society" There are 22 Arab majority states, stop using this as an excuse for your stupidity and ignorance.
Jacqueline Filo 😑😑😑 yup you've met all 1.8 billion of us.Idiot.
Jacqueline Filo if all arabs are brutal, Americans and Europeans won't exist. Omg it's 2018 please join us😂😂
2018, RULED LIKE ITS 1718
sheikh heir ..These sheiks need to step out of the dark ages ..trust the next generation to rule in the new world ..until the ladt generation grows old and dies there will never be freedom and hope for the future ..
They should make a movie on this...
Manjeet joshi I swear they really should be a movie
For what the bloody hell u idiot?
There is a documentary
@@yoyomaster6006 name
@@nationalinstituteofprofess8953 to expose the truth of the lack of humanity, equality for women.
Why did it took so long for mainstream media to report this??? #suspicious
FINALLY BBC u're really too late, I was wondering why hasn't any big news agency mentioned anything about her yet It has been two months and such a thing could save her life But still thank u BBC LATE BETTER THAN never
Leen Jordan Probably because the Sheikh doesn't allow so and/or because the media can't risk to lose that strong trading partner (oil)'
They don't report because the WEst has been sold to the Arabs for their OIL .. why do you think they insist on population replacement in the UN hum??!! They want to take over Europe and the oil has given them a lever to do so. Hence the infiltration by muslims into our countries... i may just all backfire on them who knows, it all depends on the willingness of said muslims to analyse their own beliefs with an open mind ...
Well their time is running out because the world won’t be be relying on oil forever - reserves are predicted to run dry within the next 50 years. And for the sake of the environment, an alternative will soon need to be found. They know their days are numbered.
Why do you think leen, ...she's Muslim....
Aziz Rahman Don't be silly. That has nothing to do with it. It is much more likely to be political. These things have to be handled with the greatest of care.
Latifa's video was released WEEKS ago and got *no* coverage by you. I mean, it's great that you are talking about this, but why did it take you _so long_ to talk about it and in a *night time* news format at that? This should have been a headline every day since the video was released. She was tortured for a *long* time by this guy and his men to keep her mouth shut. "But no, we get his oil, we need to put as little focus on that as possible." _Edit:_ I mistakingly said "Saudi-Arabia" when in actuality it was the "UAE"- If this was Putin's daughter, you wouldn't have talked about anything else since. Luckily Russia is *much* farther ahead than _them_ when it comes to human rights, so something like this would never happen there. One day _(Saudi-Arabia)_ the UAE might become a democratic country with equality for men and women (and everyone in between) that respects human rights, but sadly that is not exactly the case today, it seems.
Lol, Putin is unpredictable
Kniffel101 am sorry but you can't judge maybe they were threatened or maybe they were asked not to film at that time .these are powerful people and its it's not easy to broadcast news on them as fast you want
UAE not KSA...
"Something like this would NEVER happen there".. "Russia... Human rights.". 😂😂😂😂😂.. I literally LOL'd. Good one.
Cameron J Ever talked to Russian people? Listened to what they and Russian officials had to say, without any cuts from western media?
There is so much pain in this world , where it is least expected May be many beggar women are happier than princess Latifa
Zuber Ahmed I think you are a troll, not Arab Muslim
Zuber Ahmed Whay are you so evil! 😠
I can not understand why would a princess run from power and endless unspendable 💰 . . . It doesn' t make sense to me . . .
She was spoiled beyond imagination and wanted to have sex with a thousand men.
Because money is nothing if you dont have freedom.
In the book "Princess" (about a Saudi Princess' life) she tells of the "womans room" A person( Sameera in her example) is shut inside a reinforced sound restricted blackened room on private property, with no exit. fed food and water (by a foreign servant who wont understand the screaming) through a slit, until the food and water is no longer touched and the inmate presumed dead. Or she may have been wrapped in a weighted bag and drowned in one of the family pools,then buried in an unmarked grave in one of the wilderness areas of her country. Honor killings of "females"are overlooked. not even seen as a crime.Staggeringly inhumane.
Or they could have poisoned her food.
Praying she is ok. It's a sad and cruel world out there. So much corruption and deception in the world. What a sad world we live in.
For all the shine of these gulf cities / kingdoms, they are modern on the outside but premodern on the inside.
You are reporting on this a month later?????? OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!! She's been missing since March 4th!!!!
I live in Dubai, but I'm not from Dubai. Honestly it sucks here
Leave then, don't say money, if so don't shit on it....
Adrita Das Kid ..instead of whining leave the country ...
Go back home then duh
Aziz Rahman dude my parents work here, wtf am I supposed to do
naree lalam unfortunately my parents work here so I can't really do anything bout it.
Really feeling so sad for her !! may god gives her the power to fight the evil. Life to live freely should be given to everyone ,She is really a fighter and i really hope one day she can get a life without such barriers.
Consumed by his money-hungriness, that father of hers. Doesn't give a damn about his daughter, looks to her as if she were an object to be used to further Dubai's interests. Quite the story
Poffertje ALL WOMEN are prisoners of men in Saudi Abarabia and neighbouring human rights violating states! But don’t let that stop Britain and other european countries TRADING with enslavers, beheaders, rapists, and violators of humanity... WHATS THE NEWS HERE??
+Rico Jakk Want to stop trading with China too? Reality is that sometimes we have to befriend horrible states to further our own interests. We need oil and they have it. In case of China they're horrible human rights violators as well, but their market is too huge to ignore so we must be trade partners. It's the way things go. Best we can do is try to influence them to stop that nonsense
Poffertje well, you could always invade a country on the pretext of looking for weapons of mass destruction as defenders of democracy to collect your oil, and those soldiers are hailed as vetetans for violating human rights so
It's not greed that drives her father. Money, he has plenty of. (Besides, he is renowned for his humility and his stock in rules.) It's his honor. That's what they hold dearest. And that might be besmirched if a daughter of his were to reveal the things done behind the gilded gate. Maybe there is a bigger story to this. Who knows.
He probably hit that
Something is very wrong in Dubai. If the ruler would do this to his own daughter then tourists or business people would fare much worse for even the slightest things.
Grasshopper This is why I will never visit a muslim country
No need. Obama started importing them to live in the Unites States.....and giving them fat welfare checks and food stamps for each of the 4 or 5 wives he brings over. That's why so many have seen such a drastic cut in benefits....their going to the Muslims.
Leonora Smith You’re such an stereotypical person arent you? Because of dubai your going to label all muslim countries same? Not all are like this. These arabs (some) have extreme cultural stance on things (like stone age) nothing islamic but pre islamic arab mentality type. Muslim majority countries Indonesia, Malaysia, free women drive and what not, Bangladesh has woman in charge, etc. You make it sound like as if women have no rights nor can do nothing in Muslim countries. Yes theres backward mentality and trust me if you knew islam well, you’d see even one of the greatest woman in islam went to war with another great man over a confusion and twisted plot by some ex jews who became muslims, that’s another story. But that shows women in islam have had power and led, and went out to battles, to support, to make change and not be force to stay in kitchen and be this girly girly which some of these arab nations today make it seem like. It’s not islamic, islam gives rights with proper meaning but unfortunately some hold onto their own oldage culture and stuffs they’re known for.
Diane Brady typical. You don’t know a single thing about international relationships or immigration statistics but you heard rumors so you parrot it. It would do you well stop blaming people for things you dont know anything about. 🙄
Leonora Smith muslim countries have one of the highest rates of tourists visiting in the world with places like Bali, Maldives and Dubai believe me nobody gives a single fuck about you.
BBC, did you really just stretch your video to 10 minutes with black screen for ads? WOW.
They would do anything to spark fights with Qatar. This girl is missing if not killed by her own father, and they are blaming Qatar for it? I doubt it but I am praying she is alive and well.
Fatima Abdulla Qatar has nothing to do with it lol
She is strong to have made video before her disappearance.
Where people respect women that’s the real blessed home otherwise it’s just a house 😏😏
Stop visiting Dubai till this Princess is released! Boycott the Emirate
Come on people! There is a difference between covering news and preparing a report like this. Get it please.
Thanks for this video..I literally haven’t heard about this at all in the US
Dont nobody give a fuck wya sweetheart
Aww poor Latifa. Hope mother nature will save her from those devils.
I made dua for Latifa so Allah Subhanahu wa ta'la to guide her protect her ....
It's so important to stay with this story and not forget about it. It will make the dubious rulers of Dubai realise that they cannot get away with this kind of disgraceful behaviour. Don't forget about Latifa, as well as the thousands of others in Dubai who have been hidden away and tortured for speaking out against this sinister dictatorship.
😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔 im praying that allah protect you dear latifa engels stand by your side not to safer in sha allah
did they seriously drag Qatar into this bs?
72 ikr
for the people who haven't watched the long version, she tried escaping before at the age of 16 but she was caught and put in prison for 3 years where she was constantly tortured. She has 30 siblings, one of her sisters is locked up in a cabin in the palace they live because she is 'naughty'. Her older sister Shamsa al maktoup tried escaping in 2000 but was caught and since then she is drugged up and is with nurses 24/7. I don't even want to imagine what Latifa is going through right now because if she was tortured for 3 years when she was only 16, it is unbearable to think what they are doing to her right now. Latifa wanted to escape for her own freedom but also to help Shamsa. May Allah protect her.
for all people complaing about india, india had its own intrests to protect. Around the same time as this happend uae agreed to extradiate some of the terrosist and indias arch rival dawoods men to india. Also we have many trade and energy deals with them. Thats how the way world works sadly national intrest trumps human rights
WOW that is a really bad move like how could you prison your own daughter ???
LATIFA YOU STRONG 💪🏻 GIRL!!!!!
Uk : whats the advantage of English. INDIA: To say, " lets go home". 🤣🤣🤣
Wow, I just recently read about Princess Haya that led to readings about Princess Latifa then the secrets about Princess Shamsa's torture. This is so distressing. I just can't comprehend. I hope the world will unite to boycott Dubai till it's destroyed and all these women freed. I find these princesses very brave and smart. Hope there are plans by powerful people to save them.
Why was this not reported earlier? I've known about this for weeks before it was in the news! What is being done to help Latifa? She needs help urgently!!
I made a list of 60 countries I would like to visit; Dubai is not there.
probably cause dubai is a city lol
Because Dubai is not a country, it's a city.
So worried for her, poor girl. I pray God keeps her safe.
This is absolutely disgusting. How could her own father do that? I’ve been to dubai so many times since I live an hour away from the country (by plane) dubai is probably where I spent most of my childhood fun there. I never even knew this had happened not until this day. I feel so disturbed and disgusted. I don’t think I’ll be able to see the prince to how I used to see him.
I bet you probably shit on a lot of prostitutes over there.
THIS IS FAKE Bro dont listen to them
Where's the human rights
All tht money mean shit is you treat your child like this
When your video isn't 10 minutes but you want the extra add money
The world is very late, her father killed her personally upon arrival to dubai.
Hello greetings from the Royal family 🥰💓💞💋
I am an indian n i am ashamed by the way indian govt played the part....clearly princess latifa wanted freedom from the 'gilded cage' n she wanted to have a new life in the west. So she escaped in india in hope of taking temporary refuge. But us instead of ensuring her wish, bowed down to the power of uae 's petro dollar n made her go back to her country. There frankly they have lots of petro dollar but ideology is medival she will complete her rest of life in total surveillance😣
Maybe have a look at your own history first; what did the Indian government do to the sikhs in Amritsar, Punjab? Do you not call that shameful? Where they tried to invade the golden temple? First look at your own history before pointing fingers my friend. How many innocent sikh people did the indian government kill? Records show in excess of 8000 civilians were killed. Now tell me when has the UAE government attacked its own people like this? Enough with your double standards my friend ...
Ahamed a Pakistan bot, you may find many here, And a indian who feel ashamed of this act i better suggest go to UAE protest, international relations not run on emotions
Why are u ashamed for.. are you thick? Indian coast guard reacted to Interpol notice of kidnapping..what is this?a movie? Indian forces works under command of gov elected by you. Gov works on document this is not super hero movie. I feel bad for princess latifa but what Indian forces did was nothin to do with it.
anupreet ghosh ... very true...I'm ashamed too.. after all who rules us?!! THE BJP. .. surprised 😁😂😀
You mad? India and UAE have very good relations and because of this Dawood's aide was snatched from UAE. No one cares about an individuals freedom when bigger thing are in play.
Poor girl😌😌😌May Allah keep her safe!!
Mariam's Lifestyle “may allah keep her safe” my ass
Allah loves when something bad happen,(sorry to say,but its true)
ShutterDe DON definitely not.
lol..Allah killed her
@dickcheeze you guys are so mean, I'm Christian but I honestly feel bad for this person, you lot are rudee
I'm really glad that the BBC has decided to cover this. We all need to see this and be aware of this, so that hopefully the positive change that Latifa spoke of would come about. Thoughts are with you, Latifa.
I think Im really unaware about the happening.. Could somebody pls brief me about it
Our Indian govt is spineless in front of Dubai big money
Money talks
Oh please 🙄 did she enters in Indian terrotery ?? No than how Indian government is responsible for this ? She was caught in international waters near goa on the request by Interpol 🥴 May be you are a fool to understimate Indian government and it's constitution but that french spy was not a fool..he choose India for some solid reasons. Plps like you always understimate power constitution of India .
Unacceptable
Boycott Dubai. I always had a creepy feeling about that place. Built by slave labor
Wow this is really serious she needs help 💔
Her father sent her to kill. Known is the limitations to women in the Arab world. Latifa helped her sister escape from hell with the Emir, their father. That video leaves us clear: their fears became reality. His worst nightmare is now his sentence. Poor girl!!!
golosamonica when her father was killing others she looked the other way..so im doing what she did.
This has nothing to do with the limitations of women in the arab world,this is her fathers doing
Sparkles in the midnight do you seriously believe that women of the Arabic world enjoy the same level of safety and freedom of their Western counterparts? Serious question.
Don't get involved in Arab affairs please, she escaped from her father you idiot. Stay away seriously.
people, this is BBC...that it means this is a fake news with a hidden agenda, you do not know yet. this is just just mass manipulation.
Pretty clear she's dead and will never be found, that's what happens when you don't follow the so called rules and try and be your own person.
Lee lee she's dead, u are right
I did put a thumb down because your news is late. I understand a good investigation could take time but you are English you should know better#timing is paramount ⌚️.
Wow... She was very courageous. I pray she is ok somewhere.
Powerful people misuse their power on their dear ones too. Wow ! Now that is violation of human rights. I am sure where ever she may be abducted she must be living a life more miserable than that of the people on the street. Hoping for her safety.😔😔
human rights don't exist in Muslim ruled countries.
Farhan One wrong does not justify another wrong. The fact that his country is worst doesn’t mean he can’t feel sorry and make a statement about other brutalities of this world.
@Farhan it's not that BBC is not reporting India. It's that India had banned BBC from establishing a quarters in India. BBC is trash and you know it. And fyi, rape is something that happens in every country. At least we don't go around forcefully converting innocent ppl :-):-)
Yeah i have a theory that she was kidnapped by Indians hired by the Dubai prince. And this incident should have should have been covered 2 months ago not in May..
Her father tried his best to cover her story 💸💸💸
Any updates ???
"It's claimed she was snatched while trying to escape the country with the help of a former French spy and a Finnish martial arts instructor." - That sounds like a movie plot... lmao
At last ....after months ....bbc finally reports it !
You late, I've been shared her video months ago
omg does anyone know what has happened to her? 😭😭
#SaveLatifa ❤️ Allah y 3awnhá 🙏🏼
We need to find her !!!
Liam The Best she is most likely dead.
This could be one hell of a story , finding and rescuing a princess from her oppressive father and bringing him to justice , could be a movie
Liam The Best UTG
that’s not nice
PRTituba & KZhead It is an international problem. Human rights and woman abuse are predominant issues. She is a princess so it is harder for regular channels to give her asylum.
Don’t worry You will be free Stay strong one thing to be remembered is believe almighty Take care
She is stabbed...rip
This story was out like 2 months ago. It's really sad she can across as a lovely lady I hope she isn't dead.
Behind royal Curtains in the 👑 Luxury palace there is So much bad things r Happens
Locked up abroad
olivia robert, is this a sex hotline number 🤣
@Chillzongs hahahaha
Proof of life? Her family will see to it she never leaves the house or Dubai again. Held against her will clearly. It was a chilling documentary to watch.
So who found the videos? And how? And where?
how have I not heard about this??
Her father is sick! How come he imprison his daughters in cages?!! Not to mention that he has two daughters with the same name "Latifa" to distract people from knowing the truth. Latifa was or is still live in torment according to the French smuggler when he heard her saying she would rather die than return to her father. I HOPE she is fine
عماد الراسبي shes dead
Harley Quinn sources from dubai, not confirmed by the authorities. Rumors say that her dad killed her himself upon arrival two weeks ago.
Earthy Nomad Yeah i heard that two
Earthy Nomad well that's just rumors you can't go saying that she's dead what If she turns out be alive and healthy huh?
Harley Quinn I think they're saying that cause that's how these types of narcissitic psychopath elites operate. they're willing to kill their family. I too have a feeling that she is dead
Finally bbc woke up.
Someone killed a person should go to jail.. doesn’t matter if they’re king or queen...
Even the BBC stretches their videos out to get to the 10 min mark lol
A prayer for Latifa! a brave young lady that fought for her freedom.... but she couldn't escape evilness...
ok.. a few things I noticed. 1. Why has it's took the BBC this long to cover this story? 2. At no point do they bring up the reasons for WHY she tried to flee Dubai in the first place... 3. Not once do they address the information Latifa brought up in the video about her father.. 4. Why end the story focused on the Ex French Spy, & how he was gonna get paid for helping her... This whole video segment to me is just a perfect example as to why you should NEVER listen to mainstream media!
Why am i just seeing this??
Wow. I feel sorry for her. And I hope she is ok.
RIP LATIFA😭😭😭
BBC always to late on story, unless it's English person always late, god bless her a Irishman, Indian English interpretation
Where is Shrek and Donkey when you need em. A real life princess to rescue
Okay.... I feel sorry for everyone that got hurt from all of this!!! Irregardless of Right, Wrong, & indifference.