ISIS bride Shamima Begum – the British woman who fled to Syria in 2015 to join the terrorist group and quickly married one of his fighters, has her attempt to return to the UK, for the recovery of her loses citizenship, loses because she poses a security risk. .
A unanimous ruling by the British Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal last year, which found that Begum should be allowed to return so that she could have a fair appeal in her case.
“The right to a fair trial does not trump all other considerations, such as the safety of the public,” said Robert Reed, the president of the Supreme Court.
“If a vital public interest makes it impossible to hear a case fairly, the courts usually cannot hear it,” he said, adding that Begum’s appeal should be suspended until she can play an effective role in the case. play without endangering it. the public.
‘It’s not a perfect solution because it is not known how long it may take before it is possible. But there is no perfect solution to a dilemma of the current nature, ‘he said.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed the ruling, his spokesman said, adding that the government’s priority was “maintaining our national security.”
The British-born Begum (21) was 15 when she took off with two other schoolgirls from Bethnal Green Academy in East London to join the terrorist group.
She married an ISIS fighter two weeks later and lives in Raqqa, the capital of the self-proclaimed caliphate. In 2019, Begum turned up at a refugee camp in Syria, where three of her children died.
She told reporters she wanted to return home, but former Home Secretary Sajid Javid stripped her of her citizenship months later, while his domestic intelligence agency saw her as a security threat.
He argued that she was from Bang and that she could go there instead.
Begum is now in the Al-Roj refugee camp, run by Syrian Kurdish authorities, where UN rights experts said this month that conditions were ‘subhuman’.
ITV News filmed her walking around the camp, wearing sunglasses, a jacket, T-shirt and leggings. She declined to comment.
Human rights groups have said Britain has a duty to bring Begum and others back in similar situations, and to prosecute them for any crimes they have committed, rather than leaving them abroad.
“Leaving them in a legitimate black hole – in Guantanamo-like conditions – is not in line with British values and the interests of justice and security,” Maya Foa, director of the Reprieve campaign group, told Reuters.
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