The Latest Breaking News from Shamima Begum

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 Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

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.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

OPINION - Shamima Begum loses bid to regain British citizenship

There can be few more dramatic examples of the state’s power over its citizens than to strip one of their very nationality. That was the decision taken by then-home secretary Sajid Javid in February 2019 regarding Shamima Begum after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp.

Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2023

Who is Shamima Begum? From straight-A student to ‘stateless’ jihadi bride

The runaway schoolgirl lost her legal challenge on Wednesday over the decision to deprive her of her British citizenship.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Shamima Begum loses bid to regain British citizenship

Amnesty International has criticised the ruling which followed a five-day hearing in November.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Shamima Begum can never return to UK after losing court battle for citizenship

The decision was made eight years after she left the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl

Liverpool Echo · Feb 22, 2023

Ex-ISIS bride Shamima Begum loses legal bid to return to the UK

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

Daily Record · Feb 22, 2023

Shamima Begum will not be allowed to return to the UK as she 'poses a risk to national security'

ISIS bride Shamima Begum had her British citizenship revoked shortly after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019

Irish Mirror · Feb 22, 2023

Shamima Begum, British-born woman who joined IS, loses appeal over citizenship removal

A British-born woman, who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State, lost her latest appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, but her lawyers vowed to keep fighting and said the case was "nowhere near over".

Reuters · Feb 22, 2023

Shamima Begum loses legal challenge and will be deprived of British citizenship

Shamima Begum cannot come back to the UK after the major court decision

Nottingham Post · Feb 22, 2023