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India ‘swapped’ British arms dealer for Dubai’s Princess Latifa
A British arms consultant at the centre of a bribery scandal over a helicopter deal in India was exchanged for a runaway Dubai princes in an extraordinary quid pro quo extradition, sources have told The Sunday Telegraph.
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Robinson followed Dubai script on princess’s flight, says lawyer
A human rights lawyer involved in the attempted flight of an Arab princess from her family has accused Mary Robinson of abusing her position after the former president visited her family.
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Mrs. Robinson and the Missing Princess
Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum wasn’t seen in public for almost a year. In March 2018 Princess Latifa, the 33-year-old daughter of Dubai’s absolute ruler, was planning to claim asylum at the U.S. Embassy in India when she was allegedly seized by Indian and Emirati special forces from a yacht in the Arabian Sea and,…
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In the Princess Latifa affair, Mary Robinson has willingly tarnished her reputation for Dubai’s regime
Not only is this a clear misuse of Robinson’s former office as UN high commissioner for human rights, it undermines the movement for the fair treatment of women.
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Robinson writes to UN human rights chief
Mary Robinson has explained her meeting with a runaway Arab princess to the United Nations’ human rights watchdog. The former Irish president contacted Michelle Bachelet, UN high commissioner for human rights, after facing criticism over a trip to Dubai where she was pictured with Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum.
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Princess Haya bint Hussein defends Mary Robinson Dubai visit
Princess Haya bint Hussein, a wife of the ruler of Dubai, said she invited Mary Robinson to visit her and Princess Sheikha Latifa as a family friend.
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Communications of the UN OHCHR WGEID
Communications of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID)
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Dubai paid for Robinson to visit ‘runaway princess’
Former president denies being ‘willing pawn’ A stepmother of the “runaway princess” paid for the flight that brought Mary Robinson, the former Irish president, to Dubai where she pronounced that Princess Sheikha Latifa was “in the loving care” of her family.
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Sheikha Latifa: Former UN rights chief criticized for calling princess ‘troubled’
Former UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson has been criticized for describing a daughter of Dubai’s billionaire ruler who was feared missing as “troubled” and in the “loving care of her family.”
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Robinson defends her comments on runaway Dubai princess
Ex-president repeats claim royal is ‘vulnerable’. Mary Robinson has repeated her claim that an Arab princess who fled Dubai was a “vulnerable” young woman, as criticism of her comments increased.