A London court ruled Thursday against Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum after a judgement from Britain's High Court established as fact allegations of abduction, forced return, torture and a campaign of intimidation.
Sheikh Mohammed is a known friend of Queen Elizabeth II and the judgement is likely to affect diplomatic ties between the two nations.... [+]In a statement issued after the judgements were published, Sheikh Mohammed told the BBC:"As a head of government, I was not able to participate in the court's fact-finding process. This has resulted in the release of a 'fact-finding' judgment which inevitably only tells one side of the story.
In attempts to control his daughters, the documents state that crimes were committed in the U.K., namely that, “Sheikha Shamsa fled the family's U.K. estate in Surrey in 2000 but was later abducted in Cambridgeshire by agents of the sheikh and forcibly returned to Dubai where she remains in captivity. A request by Cambridgeshire Police to visit Dubai to investigate her abduction was refused.
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