Shamima Begum
Jihadist and former British citizen (born 1999)
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Shamima Begum is a British-born woman who entered Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group at the age of 15 and was consequently stripped of UK citizenship. She lives in al-Roj detention camp in Syria.
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Inside the 'ticking time bomb' camp where Shamima Begum is being heldThe two sprawling camps overcrowded with Islamic State families in northeast Syria, where Shamima Begum has been confined for most of the last five years or so, are a continual security challenge.Sky News - Published | |
Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of UK citizenshipShamima Begum has lost an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship.Sky News - Published | |
Shamima Begum: Runaway IS bride to find out if she can return to UKShamima Begum is set to find out if she has won an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship.Sky News - Published | |
Shamima Begum's British citizenship removal was 'unlawful', Court of Appeal hearsThe decision to remove Shamima Begum's British citizenship was "unlawful", a court has heard, as her latest appeal against the decision begins.Sky News - Published | |
Problem with Begum case is we only hear her side - as UK intelligence on her is classified "Can I keep my mask on? I'm looking ugly today," Shamima Begum asked me when we met in north-east Syria just over a year ago.Sky News - Published | |
ISIS propaganda campaign to attract recruits was 'sophisticated and successful' Shamima Begum's lawyers said it was "well documented" that ISIS was "cynically grooming the vulnerable and young to join their movement", citing the government's own Strategy for Countering Terrorism..Sky News - Published | |
Shamima Begum loses legal case over return to UKShamima Begum, who left London when she was 15 to travel to Syria and join Islamic State, has lost a legal case over her British citizenship, meaning she will not be able to return to the UK.Sky News - Published | |
Shamima Begum is about to find out if she's allowed back into the UK - how did she get to this point? Shamima Begum - who left home in east London at the age of 15 to join Islamic State in Syria - will find out today if she is allowed back to the UK.Sky News - Published | |
Home Office argues it was right to revoke Shamima Begum citizenship even if she was trafficked and 'brainwashed'The Home Office has argued it was justified in revoking Shamima Begum's citizenship even if she was trafficked to Syria and "brainwashed".Sky News - Published | |
Shamima Begum's mother says her 'world fell apart' when she ran away to SyriaThe mother of Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl who joined ISIS, has said her world "fell apart" when she ran away from home.Sky News - Published | |
Police and school 'missed opportunities' to stop Shamima Begum leaving UK, lawyers claim The police and her school missed opportunities to stop Shamima Begum travelling to Syria and joining ISIS and should have stopped her, according to her lawyers.Sky News - Published | |
Shamima Begum was 'sexually exploited by ISIS' Shamima Begum, the jihadi bride, was trafficked by ISIS for sexual exploitation, her lawyers have told a hearing to appeal against her deprivation of citizenship.Sky News - Published | |
Court to hear IS bride Shamima Begum's appeal to win back UK citizenship Shamima Begum's appeal over the removal of her UK citizenship for joining Islamic State begins in a London court today.Sky News - Published | Shamima Begum was 'smuggled into Syria to join ISIS by Canadian spy' A Canadian spy smuggled the British schoolgirl Shamima Begum and two friends into Syria to join ISIS and his role was covered up by police and the British Government, a new book has claimed.Sky News - Published |
'I was groomed': Shamima Begum insists she 'didn't hate Britain' when she fled to Syria - and now wants to face trial in UK Shamima Begum, the Bethnal Green schoolgirl who fled to Syria and joined IS, has told Sky News she was groomed by friends and older men she met online before joining the terror group.Sky News - Published | Runaway IS bride sorry 'from the bottom of my heart' - as she says only crime was being 'dumb' Shamima Begum, the London schoolgirl who ran away to join Islamic State, has asked the public for forgiveness and said she is sorry "from the bottom of my heart".Sky News - Published |
'Overwhelming evidence' Begum was trafficking victim, court hears There is "overwhelming evidence" Shamima Begum was a victim of trafficking when she left the UK, a court has heard.Sky News - Published | |
