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Call to strip Islamic State ‘Beatle’ being sent back to Britain of citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Stripping ISIS supporter of Dutch citizenship contravened human rights: Council of State
(Dutch News) A decision to revoke the Dutch citizenship of a woman who spent five years in an ISIS-controlled area of Syria has been overturned by the Council of State because it contravenes her right to family life. Fatima H was stripped […]
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3 Houston-area men federally charged with providing material to ISIS
(KTRK) Three Houston-area men have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, records show. Abdulrahman Mohammed Hafedh Alqaysi, 24, and his cousin Mohammed (aka Moe) Amer Faisal Al Qaysi, 26, another former Iraqi refugee, and […]
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Number of Syrians becoming German citizens tripled in 2021
(Reuters) The number of Syrians who became naturalised German citizens was three times higher in 2021 than the year before, as many of those who fled between 2014 and 2016 fulfilled eligibility criteria, data showed on Friday. The overall number of foreigners […]
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Dual citizenship ruling could trigger appeals from ‘small numbers’ of accused terrorists
(Sydney Morning Herald) A High Court decision striking down a key plank of the federal government’s citizenship-stripping powers could pave the way for a small number of dual nationals accused of terrorist activities to appeal against the cancellation of their Australian status […]
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Man suspected of joining Islamic State wins High Court challenge against government decision to strip him of his citizenship
(ABC-Australia) A key plank of the federal government’s foreign fighter laws has been struck down by the High Court, with the nation’s top judges ruling that suspected terrorists cannot be stripped of their citizenship by the home affairs minister. The case before […]
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Jury returns mixed verdict in New York terrorism case
(AP) A Manhattan federal court jury returned a mixed verdict Wednesday in the trial of a New Jersey software developer who authorities say researched and photographed U.S. landmarks for possible attacks. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on one terrorism […]
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Oz voted in Turkish election days after skipping vote in America, records show
(Free Beacon) Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz skipped a Senate primary election in June 2018, but cast his ballot in the Turkish presidential race days later, according to voter records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Voting records from New Jersey, where […]
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Oz’s ties to Turkey attacked in Pennsylvania’s Senate race
(AP) Mehmet Oz’s rivals in Pennsylvania’s competitive Republican primary for U.S. Senate are escalating their attacks on the celebrity heart surgeon’s connections to his parents’ native country of Turkey, raising it as a possible national security issue. Oz, best known as TV’s […]
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Dr. Oz’s vote in 2018 Turkish election renews criticism The celebrity doctor scored a key endorsement from Donald Trump last month.
(ABC) As Dr. Mehmet Oz embarks on a bid for the U.S. Senate, the television star has largely shied away from discussing his ties to Turkey, where he maintains citizenship, and dismissed criticism from political opponents that he harbors any so-called “dual […]
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Defense lawyer urges exoneration for man labeled a terrorist
(AP) A defense lawyer urged jurors Tuesday to reject a prosecutor’s claims that his client is a terrorist who photographed U.S. landmarks as potential targets, saying the government didn’t prove anything during a two-week trial. Attorney Marlon Kirton said his client, Alexei […]
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Dr. Oz will renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected to Senate: ‘I will only be a U.S. citizen’ Dr. Oz currently holds a dual citizenship with Turkey
(Fox) Dr. Mehmet Oz on Wednesday told Fox News that if he is elected to the U.S. Senate to represent Pennsylvania, he will renounce his Turkish citizenship before being sworn into office. Oz, who as a dual citizen is legally permitted to […]
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Oz: Would forego security clearances in order to maintain dual citizenship
(PoliticsPA) Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz said today that he would forego certain security clearances that are provided to all U.S. senators to keep his dual citizenship with Turkey. Oz was speaking to a group of reporters about the role David […]
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Brown, Poilievre trade shots over niqab ban as Conservative leadership race heats up Patrick Brown says his Conservative leadership opponent has supported discriminatory policies
(CBC) Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown launched an attack Monday on his opponent Pierre Poilievre, accusing the Conservative MP of supporting “discriminatory policies” that target immigrants. Poilievre, the MP for the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton considered the front-runner in the race, pitched new […]
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British-Moroccan woman who joined ISIS loses appeal to return to UK from Syria Mother-of-three, identified as U3, cannot be reunited with her children in the UK
(National-UAE) A British-Moroccan woman stripped of her citizenship after travelling to Syria with her husband to join ISIS has lost an appeal to return to the UK to join her three children. The woman, named only as U3, claimed she only went […]
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Lords reject clause in bill criminalising refugees who arrive by irregular route (LINK ONLY)
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Lords criticise plans to remove UK citizenship without warning (LINK ONLY)
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UK handing ‘propaganda gift to Isis’ by refusing to repatriate detainees from Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Home Office loses case over stripping citizenship without notice after challenge by alleged Isis member (LINK ONLY)
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Hundreds stripped of British citizenship in last 15 years, study finds (LINK ONLY)
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Alabama woman who joined Islamic State stuck in refugee camp
(AP) Attorneys for a woman who left her Alabama home to join the Islamic State terror group plan to continue fighting for her and her young son even though the Supreme Court declined to consider her lawsuit seeking to re-enter the United […]
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Supreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride
(AP) The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a woman who left home in Alabama to join the Islamic State terror group, but then decided she wanted to return to the United States. The justices declined without comment […]
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Sweden grants over 27,000 citizenships to Syrians in 2021 Total of 85,000 migrants get Swedish citizenship in 2021, says Swedish Migration Agency
(Anadolu) Sweden granted at least 27,340 citizenships to Syrians in 2021, the country’s migration agency said on Friday. According to [the] Swedish Migration Agency’s report, 85,000 people were granted Swedish citizenship during the year. At least 4,067 Somalis and 3,471 Eritreans also […]
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Police treated us like criminals, say families of girls trafficked to Islamic State in Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Jihadi Jack’s parents say he’s no terrorist
(Toronto Sun) The family of a man currently held in a Kurdish prison in northern Syria is disputing the description of him as a terrorist. A spokesperson for John and Sally Letts took issue with the term terrorist being applied to Jack […]
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Jihadi Jack’s parents ask Canada to bring the Brit here
(Toronto Sun) The parents of British-born terrorist Jihadi Jack are seeking the help of politicians in this country to get him sprung from a Syrian prison to live a life of freedom in Canada. Emails obtained exclusively by the Toronto Sun show […]
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Shamima Begum: IS bride insists she ‘didn’t hate Britain’ when she fled to Syria — and now wants to face trial in UK She left home in London aged 15 for the promise of paradise, instead she found 'hell, hell on Earth.' Begum rejects accusations that she carried out atrocities as part of IS as 'all completely false.'
(Sky News) Shamima Begum, the Bethnal Green schoolgirl who fled to Syria and joined IS, has told Sky News she was groomed by friends and older men she met online before joining the terror group. Speaking from a prison camp in Syria, […]
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New bill quietly gives powers to remove British citizenship without notice (LINK ONLY)
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Justice ministry wants permanent right to strip Dutch nationality from terrorists
(Dutch News) The government wants to make temporary rules giving ministers the right to remove Dutch nationality from people suspected of terrorism offences permanent, a move which has been criticised by both MPs and regulators. In addition, ministers want to stop the […]
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Missing IS terrorist sentenced to life in prison, loses Belgian nationality
(Brussels Times) Islamic State (IS) terrorist and former head of Islamic radical group Sharia4Belgium, Hicham Chaib, was sentenced to life in prison in absentia and has been stripped of his Belgian nationality. After one hour of deliberation by the Antwerp Assize Court — […]
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Manchester Arena bomb: Man with alleged links has citizenship restored
(BBC) A man whose British citizenship was removed due to alleged links to the Manchester Arena bombing has had it returned to him by Home Secretary Priti Patel, the BBC can reveal. The man’s citizenship was removed in the aftermath of the […]
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Denmark strips would-be attacker of nationality
(AFP) A court in Denmark jailed a dual Turkish-Danish national for 10 years on Tuesday and stripped him of his citizenship for “planning a terrorist attack.” The 24-year-old — who was not named by the court — will serve his prison sentence […]
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Organisation sues Denmark for failure to evacuate children from Syrian camps
(Local) Campaign movement Repatriate the Children (RTC) plans to sue the Danish state for its failure to evacuate five children from Syrian detention camps. The organisation is to sue Denmark on behalf of the five children, who have Danish citizenship but have […]
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Denmark to evacuate dual national from Syrian camp in exception to own policy
(Local) A Danish woman with dual nationality is to be evacuated along with her children from a detention camp in Syria, in an exception to normal government policy. Immigration minister Mattias Tesfaye has defended the government’s decision to evacuate a woman and […]
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Denmark strips Islamic State recruiter of citizenship, orders deportation
(Breitbart) A Danish court has sentenced 29-year-old Adam Touhou to six years in prison and to be stripped of his citizenship followed by deportation for recruiting for the Islamic State terror group. Touhou began speaking with Hafed Matoussi on Facebook in 2013 about […]
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Britain cannot remove Isis members’ citizenship without telling them, High Court rules (LINK ONLY)
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‘Overwhelming evidence’ Shamima Begum was victim of trafficking, court hears (LINK ONLY)
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Alberta premier denies supporting niqab ban despite past public statements Kenney instituted niqab ban during citizenship ceremonies in 2011
(CBC) Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is denying he supported a ban on niqabs even though he issued a directive in 2011 banning women from wearing them during citizenship ceremonies when he was the federal minister of citizenship and immigration. Kenney made the remarks during a […]
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Conservative MP Tim Uppal sorry for role in ‘divisiveness’ of Harper-era policies
(Canadian Press) A former Conservative cabinet minister is apologizing for not pushing against his party’s culturally divisive policies of the Stephen Harper era, including an effort to ban face coverings during citizenship ceremonies. In a Facebook post, Tory MP Tim Uppal says […]
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Ex-college student who left Alabama to join ISIS explains herself and why she wants to come home 'When you are brainwashed, you don't realize it until you snap out of it,' Hoda Muthana says in the new documentary The Return — though the U.S. government says there's not reason to be so sympathetic
(People) Six years ago, Hoda Muthana was a 20-year-old college student in Alabama who lied to her family about a trip and instead joined the Islamic State in Syria. When she arrived she was confined to a home for unwed women, with […]
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Hunt into who leaked court ruling in jihadi bride Shamima Begum’s case fails to find mole (LINK ONLY)
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If Isis suspect so much as sets foot in Northern Ireland, arrest her, says senior unionist (LINK ONLY)
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Lisa Smith allowed to travel to North ‘at her convenience,’ says solicitor (LINK ONLY)
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Dutch gov’t allowed to strip nationality from 6 who joined terrorist groups in Syria
(NL Times) The Dutch government acted lawfully when it stripped six Dutch-Moroccan dual citizens of their Netherlands nationality on allegations that they traveled to Syria to join Islamic extremist group ISIS or other terrorist groups. The Council of State issued a ruling on Friday […]
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British girl stranded in Syrian camp ‘trafficked at 12 then raped,’ rights group says (LINK ONLY)
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Lisa Smith fights exclusion from the UK (LINK ONLY)
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Son of suspected Isis fighter wins back Irish passport (LINK ONLY)
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Sweden proposes bill giving citizenship only to migrants who can speak the language (LINK ONLY)
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Rochdale grooming ringleader shops in town where he abused children six years after he was supposed to be deported (LINK ONLY)
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Three secret British jihadi brides: Previously unknown women are found in the same camp as Shamima Begum (LINK ONLY)
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