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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.
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Statement on Mary Robinson BBC Radio 4 Interview
The below is a statement from the legal team acting for Sheikha Latifa, Tiina Jauhiainen, Hervé Jaubert, the Crew of US flagged Yacht the Nostromo, David Haigh and Radha Stirling. A further statement will be released by the campaign to Free Latifa in due course. ————– Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers statement (Word document attached) On…
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Ex UN Rights Chief Criticised For Backing Dubai Royal Family Over Detained Princess
Mary Robinson said Sheikha Latifa, who has not been seen publicly since March, regretted making a video in which she claimed she was confined and tortured by her family.
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Runaway Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa ‘being treated for psychiatric illness’
A princess who fled Dubai before being seized from a yacht by armed men and returned to the ruling family is a “troubled young woman” who is receiving psychiatric care, the former Irish president Mary Robinson has said.