LUFCTALK

For Tiina, this was a breakthrough. "I thought that would have been something that could have quickly led to her release."

But once again, little changed for Latifa in her prison in Dubai.

"It's almost like, what do we need to get her free? It's sad. It's very very sad," says Tiina.

Alone in her villa in Dubai, Latifa followed the case and maintained daily contact with her friend, along with her UK-based maternal cousin Marcus and Free Latifa co-founder David Haigh. What had begun as concise, factual video recordings evidencing her situation had turned into lengthy text chats.