'ISIS bride' Shamima Begum loses appeal to regain UK citizenship. Here's why
Begum lost a challenge at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) in February last year and then took her case to the Court of Appeal. However, the appeal judges unanimously agreed with the special tribunal’s decision and turned down the appeal.
ALSO READ: NIA foils major ISIS terror attack bid, arrests 8 with explosive materials from 4 states In relaying the ruling, Chief Justice Sue Carr was quoted as saying that it wasn't the court's job to decide whether the decision to strip Begum of her British citizenship was “harsh" or whether she was the “author of her own misfortune." "Ms Begum may well have been influenced and manipulated by others but still have made a calculated decision to travel to Syria and align with ISIL [ISIS]," said Judge Dame Sue Carr, delivering the verdict in London. Shamima argued that the court's sole task was to assess whether the decision to strip Begum of her citizenship was unlawful.
“Since it was not, Ms Begum’s appeal is dismissed," the judge was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. ALSO READ: ISIS claims responsibility for Iran twin blasts during General Qasem Soleimani's commemoration Begum was represented at her appeal by barrister Samantha Knights who had argued that the government had failed to consider legal duties owed to a potential victim of trafficking.
The UK Home Office stressed that the main focus of the case was around national security. Earlier in 2022, the UK Supreme Court had upheld the decision to bar the now 24-year-old from returning to the UK.
ALSO READ: ISIS terror conspiracy case: NIA raids 44 locations in Karnataka and Maharashtra Begum's lawyer indicated that a further challenge was on the cards. “I think the only thing we can really say for certainty
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