The United Nations in its own right, may not have the influence or power to secure the freedom of a person who has been kidnapped or detained without due process. They may not be able to act to stop human rights violations or even torture, and they may be slow to process submissions. However, when combined with a campaign, litigation, media or all three, the United Nations can prove an effective tool. When Princess Latifa and Hérve Jaubert were abducted from a US yacht in int

Ras Al Khaimah has undeserved 5* rating from external ratings agencies like Fitch, but Due Process International is raising major issues to the agency in advance of their next review. It has already been a turbulent few years for the UAE; since the 2018 dramatic escape and capture of Princess Latifa, daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and her ongoing captivity, things have only gotten progressively worse. More royal scandals erupted, including the divorce and c

US/French spy Hervé Jaubert says he advocates for a quiet diplomatic resolution for Latifa, concerned that the latest videos put her in danger. "Nostromo located because of friend's phone" and the violent three government approved attack at sea. Hervé Jaubert was in talks with Latifa for seven years before his US flagged yacht was violently boarded by military forces. Jaubert talks of the attack, how they were located and his endeavours to see Latifa free. Former French sec

Former French Naval officer Hervé Jaubert, who planned and executed Dubai’s princess Latifa’s failed escape plan three years ago, has said that a geo-location malware in a phone on his yacht most likely revealed their location and led to her capture. Now, the former French Naval officer who helped Emirati princess Latifa escape from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in early 2018 has claimed that Latifa’s capture could have been made possible with help of malicious software used

Unprecedented attack on US yacht calls for Princess Latifa to be returned to US jurisdiction “3 years ago, I received a shattering call from Princess Latifa in the midst of an unprecedented attack on a US yacht”, recalls Radha Stirling, founder of Detained in Dubai who Latifa called upon for help from the US flagged Nostromo. “It was a call nobody ever wants to receive. Latifa told me there were men outside and she didn’t know what was happening. She heard gunshots. I told he

Due Process on trial in Bangladesh as British courts expose hacking, forced confessions and torture being used in Dhaka's High Court. The most important court case you never heard of, that could potentially impact the security of international investors, travellers, and expats across the globe; is currently playing out in the High Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. On the surface, the case seems obscure enough, and its significance minimal; but legal experts warn that the outcome wi

Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi seeks to woo Bangladesh’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam, MP in Khater Massaad case, raising egregious human rights issues. There is no doubt about it, Sheikh Saud wants money. With tourism and investment on the decline, with no oil to drill in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, with allegations of human rights abuses and torture, RAK is not the glorious well marketed destination Saud had envisaged when he seized the throne ten years ag

Desperate plea from German detained in UAE at whim of autonomous Sheikh “I received a call from Dieter Kellouche today”, says Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, who is representing the 42 year old man left to rot in a Sharjah desert jail. “Dieter told me he has not been seen by the German Embassy in more than a year and that he doesn’t know why. It hasn’t been due to covid restrictions as he knows the British consulate visited one of their citizens. He feels he has