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In the series of new recordings, obtained by the BBC, the 35-year-old royal says she has no access to medical care and pleads for help. I m a hostage, Princess Latifa says. This villa has been converted into jail. All the windows are barred shut, I can t open any window . I ve been by myself, solitary confinement. No access to medical help, no trial, no charge, nothing.
Dubai s Princess Latifa says she is being imprisoned against her will in villa jail . (BBC/Panorama)
The messages are included in a new BBC
Panorama documentary, The Missing Princess , airing in the UK on Tuesday.
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Princess Latifa had attempted to flee the emirate in 2018 but was forcibly returned.
In the video released this week, Latifa said: “If you are watching this video, it’s not such a good thing, either I’m dead or I’m in a very, very, very bad situation.”
The United Nations has said it will raise the detention of Princess Latifa with the authorities in the UAE.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said the case of Princess Latifa is concerning and the pictures of her are very distressing , adding that people want to see that she is alive and well .