Shamima Begum Case

BBC News, Shamima Begum bid to regain UK citizenship rejected, 22 Feb 2023 "Shamima Begum has lost her challenge over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship despite a "credible" case she was trafficked. " Substantial online traffic on this issue.

Shamima Begum

BBC News, Shamima Begum accepts she joined a terror group, 11 Jan 2023 "In interviews spanning more than a year, Ms Begum - who was stripped of British citizenship as a national security risk - revealed that she was fed detailed instructions by IS members, but also undertook her own planning for the journey in 2015." This is based on a BBC Sounds' podcast "The Shamima Begum Story: I am not a monster". I haven't listened to this yet.

Shamima Begum

Shamima Begum

References to internet radicalisation influences here: Independent, Shamima Begum says she was a ‘dumb kid’ when she left to join Isis

"In an interview for a new documentary from the al-Roj prison camp in Syria where she is still being held, Begum said: “I don't think I was a terrorist. I think I was just a dumb kid who made one mistake."