Dubai ruler had ex-wife Haya’s phone hacked, UK court rules

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By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill

Sheikh Mohammed (72) and Princess Haya (47) have been involved in a bitter and expensive custody battle

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein at Ascot Racecourse PIC Steve Parsons/PA Wire

DUBAI’S ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered the phones of his ex-wife and her lawyers to be hacked as part of a “sustained campaign of intimidation and threat” during the custody battle over their children, England’s High Court has ruled.

Sheikh Mohammed used the sophisticated Pegasus software, developed by Israeli firm NSO for states to counter national security risks, to hack the phones of Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, half-sister of Jordan’s King Abdullah, and some of those closely connected with her, according to the rulings.

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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