Shamima Begum’s British Citizenship Removal: The Unlawfulness and its Implications Background In 2015, Shamima Begum, then just 15 years old, traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. Following her arrival in Syria, she was later discovered living in a refugee camp. In response to her actions, the British Home Office revoked […]
Shamima Begum’s Citizenship Case Raises Questions of Trafficking and Radicalization Background In a three-day hearing at the Court of Appeal, lawyers for Shamima Begum argued that it was unlawful to strip her of British citizenship because she was a victim of trafficking when she left the UK at the age of 15 to join Islamic […]
