Ex-wife of Dubai ruler's nephew missing, says lawyer
Summary
Zeynab Javadli, the ex-wife of a nephew of Dubai’s ruler, has gone missing. Her home in Dubai is locked and empty, and neither she nor her three daughters have been seen or heard from since Tuesday.Key Facts
- Zeynab Javadli divorced Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2019.
- Javadli has been involved in a long, difficult custody fight with her ex-husband over their three children.
- Contacts lost with her on Tuesday; her home was found locked and empty with changed locks.
- Javadli feared she might be arrested and worried about losing her children to authorities.
- Last year, her ex-husband accused her of kidnapping their daughters amid custody disputes.
- Javadli livestreamed one of the custody conflicts online, which led to possible criminal charges against her in the UAE.
- Lawyers for her ex-husband accused her of being an unfit mother, claims she denies and legally contests.
- A British human rights lawyer compares her disappearance to the 2018 case of Princess Latifa, who tried to escape Dubai and was forcibly returned.
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