Zurich — The UN human rights watchdog said on Friday it has asked the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for more information about the status of Dubai’s Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum and proof that she is alive.

On Tuesday, the BBC’s investigative news programme Panorama published a video it said was of Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai’s daughters, saying she was being held against her will in a barricaded villa...

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