Shamima Begum loses court battle over UK citizenship

Begum, who fled Britain six years ago as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria, loses landmark caseShamima Begum, who fled Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria, has failed to restore her British citizenship after the supreme court ruled on Friday that she had lost her case.The judgment from the UK’s highest court is a critical – and controversial – test case of the UK’s policy to strip the citizenship of Britons who went to join Isis and are being detained by Syrian Kurdish groups without trial. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/26/shamima-begum-cannot-return-to-uk-to-fight-for-citizenship-court-rules #shamima_begum #uk_news #islamic_state #syria #middle_east_and_north_africa #world_news