Statement comes two months after BBC video in which Dubai ruler’s daughter said she was being held hostage

UN experts have demanded that the United Arab Emirates provide information about a daughter of Dubai’s ruler and release her, two months after the BBC published a video of Princess Latifa describing herself as a hostage in a villa.

The UAE said on 19 February that Sheikha Latifa was being cared for at home, after the United Nations human rights office headed by Michelle Bachelet asked for proof that she was alive amid growing international concern about her fate.

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