UAE: Supporters of Princess Latifa call on Joe Biden to push for her release
Supporters of Princess Latifa have called on President Joe Biden to pressure the United Arab Emirates for her release, after she said she was being held hostage in a leaked video.
Prominent supporters of Princess Latifa called on President Joe Biden Wednesday to pressure the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for her release. Latifa, the 35-year-old daughter of UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said she has been held hostage by her father in a villa after she attempted to flee the country in 2018, according to recently released video footage.
UN, rights watchdogs urge Canada to save its arbitrarily detained children in Syria
by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press
Posted Feb 18, 2021 4:00 am EDT
Last Updated Feb 18, 2021 at 4:12 am EDT
OTTAWA A United Nations rights advocate and Human Rights Watch Canada say the Trudeau government isn’t living up to its new international campaign against arbitrary detention because it is abandoning 25 Canadian children trapped in northern Syria.
Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights while Countering terrorism, says Canada is one of 57 countries on a “list of shame” because it won’t take active steps to repatriate its foreign nationals trapped in Kurdish-controlled camps in northern Syria.
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