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Shamima Begum, pictured here at15 years of age before she fled to Syria
by Bethany Rielly
THE court’s decision not to allow Shamima Begum to return to Britain while appealing against the removal of her British citizenship “undermines the rule of law,” a civil liberties group has warned.
The Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling today which had approved Ms Begum’s return to Britain — a decision made six years after the then 15-year-old travelled to Syria to join Islamic State.
The young woman, who is now 21, had her citizenship revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in 2019.
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