Ex-wife of Dubai ruler's nephew missing, says lawyer

Javadli's mother - who had just arrived in Dubai for a visit - has since gone to her house and found it empty, with the locks changed.She is understood to have been in touch with Dubai" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="140477" data-entity-type="organization">police in Dubai and the Azerbaijan" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="140478" data-entity-type="organization">consulate of Azerbaijan - the country Javadli is from.For months, Javadli had barely left the house as she believed security officers were waiting to take her children from her and possibly put her under arrest.Last year, her ex-husband lodged a complaint with the police accusing her of kidnapping their daughters, in the latest development of their bitter custody dispute.That was after the children changed hands between their parents several times, with each accusing the other of kidnap.Javadli - who is a former international gymnast - has also been facing potential arrest for e-crimes - online offences - in the UAE after she livestreamed one of the showdowns last year.At the time she explained her actions in a video message to Haigh, who's been advocating for her: "I knew that it was the last chance to be with my children as they would never let me see them again. I genuinely believed that it was my last chance, so I just opened a livestream and called for help."Lawyers acting for Javadli's former husband, Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, have claimed in court hearings in the custody case over their children that she was an unfit mother who had failed to send her daughters to school, was living in a place unsuitable for the children when she was in a hotel, and that she had put the health of the youngest girl at risk.