Friday, June 5, 2026 -The ex-wife and three children of a Dubai prince have been “abducted” by Emirati police in a terrifying night raid, her British lawyer has claimed.
Zeynab Javadli, 34, allegedly faced threats and intimidation
for years after divorcing Sheikh Saeed, 49, and was ordered to hand over the
couple’s children two months ago.
Now her human rights lawyer David Haigh says Dubai Police
carried out that threat in a night raid on her home.
In a statement shared with The Sun, Haigh said: “Zeynab’s
home in Dubai has now been confirmed as locked and empty. This was not
unexpected.
“From the moment of her divorce from the ruler’s nephew in
2019, Zeynab was subjected to horrific and unrelenting abuses: attacks on her
home, threats of arrest, and a travel ban that made her, in every meaningful
sense, a hostage in her own home.
“When Dubai Police last attacked her home, she livestreamed
it to the world, a desperate, real-time plea for international help. Today,
that plea must be answered.
“In Dubai, women and children are routinely served up on a
gold platter to the most powerful sheikh, the most influential Emirati, or the
wealthiest businessman.
“Zeynab’s case is yet further evidence that women and
children in Dubai are simply not safe.
“They are treated as possessions, not as human beings with
rights.”
Haigh said that whilst they hoped Zeynab would be left in
peace, the late- night raid was somewhat inevitable.
He added: “I have stood by Zeynab’s side for many years.
What too few people understand is the life [she] has actually been living.”
“Hidden from the world’s view, behind closed doors, she has
endured a daily existence of the most extreme and systematic abuse, directed
not only at her, but at her elderly parents and her three young daughters.
“These were not isolated incidents. They were relentless.
They were deliberate.
“And they were carried out with total impunity by the authorities of Dubai and its powerful ruling family.
“I spoke with Zeynab many times each day for years. She never stopped fighting for her rights as a woman and as a mother.”
“She never stopped protecting her girls, most recently
shielding her eldest daughter from the prospect of underage marriage.
“She is the bravest, most courageous human being I have ever
known, and the most devoted mother I have ever witnessed. Her daughters are her
entire world.
“Those three girls are princesses of Dubai’s ruling family.
If this is how Dubai treats its own, imagine how it treats everyone else.”
Haigh added that Zeynab’s elderly mother had been out of the
country during the raid, and was initially detained at Dubai airport upon her
return.
She allegedly returned to the home to find the locks changed
and her loved ones missing.
In another twist, Haigh highlights that Zeynab was
neighbours with Princess Latifa.
The Emirati royal who made international headlines when she
attempted to flee the UAE in 2018.
Days into her escape she was forcibly removed by armed men
on a yacht off the coast of India, and taken back to Dubai.
Haigh told The Sun: “It’s ironic that her house is one away
from the villa where Latifa resides under constant monitoring from Dubai
police.”
In 2021, Latifa released a secret video to friends sharing
fears that she may not survive.
She said commandos sent to capture her drugged her as she
fled by boat and flew her back to detention in the United Arab Emirates.
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