With epic tune, the emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktum, announced the new planet where to plant the flag of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “A third of the stars in the sky had Arabic names, because the Arabs were pioneers of astronomy,” he proudly declared. The wishes of enormity of Sheikh Mohammed extend beyond Earth, but are not large enough to overshadow the abuses attributed to him that they cross continents.
“Our mission is resumption of our Arab civilization; If we don’t act today, when? & rdquor ;, wondered the controversial prime minister. At the beginning of October, the also Vice President of the Emirates presented the space mission that is expected for the 2028 the planet Venus and seven other asteroids in the solar system.
Following the successful launch of the ‘Hope’ probe to Mars At the beginning of the year, the sheiks of this petromonarchy want to become the fourth country in the world to reach the planet named after the Roman goddess of love.
Today, among the 50 projects, the UAE launched a new space mission to explore the planet Venus and 7 other asteroids in the solar system … And the implementation of the first Arab landing on an asteroid at the end of the journey, which will cover 3.6 billion km (7 times the journey of the Hope probe to Mars). pic.twitter.com/mUnB1fmyUu
— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) October 5, 2021
But the million-dollar investments of the space race fail to cover the shadows of the ruler of Dubai. Just a week after the announcement of the mission to Venus, news broke that Sheikh Mohammed had been subjecting his sixth wife, Princess Haya, to a “Campaign of intimidation and threats & rdquor;. Three years ago, the mother of two of her 21 children fled to the UK in fear for her safety. But her ex-husband, 72, hacked their phones and you tried to buy property adjacent to your home.
Silenced screams
His daughters have also suffered tight control of his father. 21 years ago, the princess Shamsa tried to escape his heavy hand during a family vacation in London. Two months later, she was kidnapped and returned to Dubai. She has not been seen since. The voice of his sister, the sheikh Latifa, was heard a little louder when she was released after a three-year captivity in a mansion for trying to escape in 2018. The reported abuses during their imprisonment they have not stopped the flow of money to the oil monarchy.
Did the United Arab Emirates let Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al-Maktoum use the Pegasus spyware for personal snooping against a British activist who was in secret contact with his then “disappeared” daughter Latifa whose life he sought to limit? https://t.co/9CJuGgd6jR pic.twitter.com/ULXUlVQKeq
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) August 3, 2021
The British justice has sentenced him this December to pay his ex-wife and their children about 550 million pounds (about 725 million dollars), in the highest divorce compensation awarded by an English court.
Judge Philip Moor ordered the 72-year-old head of government of the United Arab Emirates to pay some 251.5 million pounds ($ 340 million) to his sixth wife, Princess Haya, 47, and 290 million pounds ( $ 385 million) to cover the support of his children, ages 9 and 14, as well as other expenses, including security.
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Dubai It is home to the tallest building in the world, deepest dive pool, the largest shopping center and other challenges to the reality of this innovative capital. “We have set our gaze on the stars because our journey towards development and progress it has no borders or limitations & rdquor ;, affirmed the ruler of the emirate. “With each new advance we make in space, we create opportunities for young people here on Earth,” he added. Thus, the noise of the applause towards Sheikh Mohammed they silence the cries for help of the women in his family.
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