UN rights experts demand release of Dubai ruler's daughter Sheikha Latifa Al-Maktoum, daughter of the UAE's Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, seen in January 2018, a few weeks before her escape from her family in February 2018 [Tiina Jauhiainen/wikimedia] April 20, 2021 at 4:16 pm UN experts today demanded the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provide information about a daughter of Dubai's ruler and release her, two months after the BBC aired a video it said was of Princess Latifa describing herself as a hostage in a villa, Reuters reported. The UAE said on 19 February that Sheikha Latifa was being cared for at home after the UN human rights office headed by Michelle Bachelet asked for proof that she is alive amid growing international concern about her fate.