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Shamima Begum (born 25 August 1999) [1] is a British-born woman who entered Syria to join the Islamic State at the age of 15 in 2015. [2] As of 2024, she is living in al-Roj detention camp in Syria. [3] [4] While enrolled at Bethnal Green Academy, Begum and two schoolmates travelled to Syria in February 2015.
As of 11 November 2022, Begum was being held in a detention camp in the northeastern part of Syria near her imprisoned husband. [24] Samantha Knights KC, the lawyer for Begum, stated Begum was a victim of sex trafficking lured by Islamic State propaganda.
Begum v Home Secretary [2021] UKSC 7 is the short name of three closely connected proceedings considered together in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, R (on the application of Begum) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission; R (on the application of Begum) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; and Begum v Secretary of State for the Home Department, concerning Shamima Begum, a ...
Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15, has lost her Court of Appeal challenge over the decision to remove her British citizenship, according to PA Media.
Here are the key developments to date: August 1999: Shamima Begum is born in England to parents of Bangladeshi heritage. February 2015: British counter-terrorism police launched an international ...
Shamima Begum, who is now 24, was 15 when she and two other girls fled from London in February 2015 to marry IS fighters in Syria at a time when the group’s online recruitment program lured many ...
He acknowledged their plight, but warned that such people would have acquired skills and connections that made them dangerous to the public. Home Secretary Sajid Javid later chose to strip Shamima Begum, who had married an ISIS fighter, of her British citizenship. The decision was confirmed in the case of Begum v Home Secretary. [29] [30]
Sebastian Gorka, who is due to start his second spell in the White House assisting national security adviser Mike Waltz, had been accused of threatening to force Keir Starmer to take back former ...