Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, who broke the story of Princess Latifa Al Maktoum in 2018, talks to Emma Barnett on BBC Women’s Hour.
Radha Stirling was contacted by Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum from the yacht Nostromo, during her escape.
According to Radha Stirling, CEO of the NGO Detained in Dubai and the last person who talked to the princess before she went missing, the Dubai royal was fleeing her father and trying to migrate to the US via India. This plan was reportedly put to an end by Indian forces acting upon a request from the UAE.
“In her last [message] Sheikha Latifa appeared to be highly distressed and in a state of panic,” Stirling said. The messages were sent by WhatsApp as armed men, said to be from the Indian Coast Guard, boarded the yacht.
She said, “Radha please help me, there are men outside. I heard gunshots.”
“Latifa was panicking and described how the Nostromo was under attack with men attempting to board. She said she was hiding with her friend and had heard several gunshots,” Stirling told The Wire.
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