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Shamima Begum should be given a second chance, as my father was

Letters: Luisa White says Begum should have her citizenship restored and answer to the British judicial system for her actions, as her father did after the second world war. Plus letters from Ian Dowdeswell and Owen Stewart

The Guardian - UK

Judges have refused to save Shamima Begum. Labour should bring her back to the UK to face justice

Stripping her of her citizenship was a political act. Keir Starmer’s government can right that wrong, says Maya Foa, director of the human rights charity Reprieve

The Guardian - UK

Former 'IS Bride' Loses UK Citizenship Removal Appeal Bid

A woman stripped of her British citizenship after leaving the country as a teenager to marry an Islamic State group fighter lost a bid Wednesday to take her case to the UK's top court.

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Shamima Begum loses final bid to overturn loss of UK citizenship

Shamima Begum will not be allowed to challenge the removal of her British citizenship at the Supreme Court, justices have ruled.

The National (Scotland)

Shamima Begum: supreme court refuses to hear UK citizenship appeal

Begum’s lawyers argued she was trafficked as 15-year old, which authorities should have prevented

The Guardian - UK

Retired magistrate admonished for Shamima Begum letter to The Times

Charles Peck wrote to The Times in February after Shamima Begum lost an appeal

Evening Standard

US and UK complicit in detentions at Syrian camps where torture rife, says Amnesty

Report says thousands of people held in little-reported facilities where authorities are violating human rights on a large scale

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The Guardian - UK

Taxpayers Footing ISIS Bride's £250,000 Legal Fees As She Tries To Return To UK

Shamima Begum, who left the UK to join the ISIS, lost another appeal against the UK government's decision to strip her of her British citizenship.

International Business Times UK

Holidays in hell: behind the rise in war tourism

Polish film-maker Vita Maria Drygas’s new documentary, Danger Zone, follows ‘dark tourists’ such as Andrew Drury into conflict areas. They talk about adrenaline, desperation – and interviewing Shamima Begum

The Guardian - UK

A civilised country would not have made Shamima Begum stateless

Letters: Readers respond to the recent court of appeal ruling that upheld the UK government’s decision to strip the 24-year-old of British citizenship

The Guardian - UK

What happens to Shamima Begum now and what are her legal options?

Lawyers for woman who left Britain as a schoolgirl to live under Islamic State have vowed to fight on

The Guardian - UK

The Shamima Begum ruling proves it: some UK citizens are less equal than others

Any British person who has a foreign-born parent will feel their status is more precarious, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum ruling shows UK wants to wash its hands of such prisoners

Begum and others remain in limbo, held without charge or trial in detention camps under armed guard

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Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: The Shamima Begum ruling was difficult but correct

It is the primary task of any Home Secretary, and indeed the Government as a whole, to keep the British people safe. That often requires difficult decisions that may split opinion in a pluralistic society. The case of Shamima Begum is one such example.

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship

Lawyers sought to overturn ruling last year that revocation of her citizenship was lawful

Evening Standard

Shamima Begum loses bid to regain British citizenship

The former East London schoolgirl travelled to ISIS-controlled Syria in 2015, when she was 15-years-old

The Guardian - UK

Court to rule on Shamima Begum appeal against citizenship removal

Judges to decide whether revoking citizenship of teenager who joined Islamic State was unlawful

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The Guardian - UK

Who is Shamima Begum and what are her prospects of returning to UK?

Background to the legal battle as the court of appeal decides whether removal of her UK citizenship was unlawful

International Business Times

Former 'IS Bride' To Learn UK Citizenship Fate

A judgement is expected Friday in the appeal case of a woman who lost her British citizenship after leaving as a teenager to marry an Islamic State group fighter.

Evening Standard

Shamima Begum's lawyer to stand as east London MP in general election

Tasnime Akunjee cited Labour MP Rushanara Ali's refusal to support a Gaza ceasefire vote in Parliament as a reason for running

The Guardian - UK

Britain to repatriate woman and five children from Syrian camps

However, human rights group says UK lagging behind other western nations in repatriating families who lived under IS

Al Jazeera

Q&A: UN expert on Australia citizenship-stripping plan and ‘legal fiction’

Politicians around the world want the power to revoke citizenship but an Australian ruling says courts should decide.

The Independent UK

Shamima Begum faces wait for appeal decision in citizenship case

Three judges at the Court of Appeal are expected to give their decision on Ms Begum’s case at a later date.

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum a victim of trafficking when she left Britain for Syria, court told

Lawyers argue Home Office failed to properly consider whether Begum had been groomed before stripping her of UK citizenship

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