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British woman called Shamina detained at airport 'for having same name as Shamima Begum'

A woman who has a similar name to former Isis bride Shamima Begum says she was surrounded by officers at a UK airport and detained for three hours for questioning

Daily Mirror

Holidaymaker claims she was stopped at Manchester Airport 'for having similar name to Isis bride Shamima Begum'

Shamina Begum, 37, has complained to police

Manchester Evening News

Woman returning from holiday detained at airport ‘for having similar name to Shamima Begum’

Exclusive: Shamina, 37, was interrogated for hours at Manchester airport and made to use the bathroom, while on her period, while in an unlocked toilet in the presence of a male police officer

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Tory peer warns ‘passing buck’ on British IS suspects risks terrorist breeding ground

Revoking nationality of Shamima Begum is form of capital punishment, government told

The Independent UK

‘Passing buck’ on British IS suspects risks terrorist breeding ground – Lamont

Revoking the nationality of Shamima Begum is a form of capital punishment, leaving her as ‘the breathing dead’, the Government was told.

The Independent UK

Up to 60 British children living in Syrian camps, War Child report reveals

The Government is being urged to repatriate children and their parents ‘without delay’

Evening Standard

Friend who ‘inspired’ Shamima Begum to join IS says she’s ‘just another individual living off terror benefits’

Shamima Begum’s former friend has mocked the IS bride as “just another individual living off the benefits” of the terror group.

Evening Standard

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Ham-fisted but humane: the BBC’s podcast about Shamima Begum raises vital questions

Insisting it’s wrong to give her a ‘platform’ is childish: I’m Not a Monster illustrates issues that may come to affect many, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum return would not be a ‘moral exoneration’, says terror watchdog

Jonathan Hall KC said failing to permit her to return could lead the UK to be an ‘outlier’ in Europe.

The Independent UK

Shamima Begum case shows how little power courts have to check government national security decisions

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), a court that specialises in national security cases, has upheld the home secretary’s decision to cancel Shamima Begum’s citizenship. The 23-year-old was deprived of her citizenship in 2019, four years after leaving the UK aged 15 to join Islamic State in Syria.

The Conversation

Terror watchdog warns that Shamima Begum should be allowed back in the UK

Jonathan Hall KC argues that Shamima Begum and other British women like her should be allowed back in the UK

Manchester Evening News

Let Shamima Begum come back to the UK, terror watchdog says

Jonathan Hall KC, the reviewer of terrorism legislation, is expected to say Britain should match allies such as the United States

Wales Online

Shamima Begum should be allowed to come back to UK, says terror watchdog

Ms Begum was 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State.

The Independent UK

Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to UK – terrorism adviser

Government terrorism laws reviewer Jonathan Hall KC joins growing number of voices opposing exclusion

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Evening Standard

Shamima Begum should be allowed home, says terror watchdog

British women who join the Islamic State should be allowed home, Jonathan Hall KC says

The Guardian - UK

The real scandal of the Shamima Begum citizenship case

Letters: Former supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption on last week’s ruling on the home secretary’s decision to deprive Begum of her citizenship. Plus letters from Ilina Todorovska, Owen Stewart, Andrew Snowdon and Carmel Bedford

The Guardian - UK

Surge in number of Britons fighting to hold on to their citizenship

After the Shamima Begum decision, figures show dramatic increase in challenges to Home Office

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum has shown up courts’ deference to this government. It’s a worrying new era

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Evening Standard

Shamima Begum loses UK citizenship appeal

Shamima Begum has lost her legal challenge over the decision to deprive her of her British citizenship. Ms Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) in February 2015. Her British citizenship was revoked on national security…

Al Jazeera

How and why did Shamima Begum lose her UK citizenship?

Begum, whose nationality was stripped after she travelled to Syria to join ISIL (ISIS), continues to fuel debate.

Daily Mirror

Lawyer angry at 'appalling' Shamima Begum decision after ex-ISIS member refused passport

Human rights lawyer Shoaib M Khan said the ruling was "disappointing" as Shamima Begum is still stuck in a camp in northern Syria, following the news that she would not be able to get British citizenship back

Wales Online

UK should ‘take responsibility’ for Shamima Begum, say campaigners

Amnesty International UK says the government should not have the power to 'banish a citizen', particularly when it's someone who was 'seriously exploited as a child'

Daily Mirror

Shamima Begum will be ‘in tears’ in her tent after citizenship refusal, says filmmaker

Andrew Drury, 56, met Begum six times between 2021 and 2022, forming a connection so close the pair swapped WhatsApp messages and she told him of her mental health struggles

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Shamima Begum: stateless and detained in Syria

Editorial: Without being able to consider lived experience, the court came to the only judgment it could

The Independent UK

Key questions after the ruling in the Shamima Begum case

Ms Begum’s challenge to the decision to strip her of her British citizenship was dismissed on Wednesday.

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