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Shamima Begum loses first stage of appeal against citizenship removal (LINK ONLY)
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Judge strips terrorist of citizenship at government request
(AP) A federal judge has stripped a terrorist of his naturalized U.S. citizenship, siding with the government in the case of a Pakistan-born man convicted more than 15 years ago of plotting to destroy New York’s Brooklyn Bridge. Defendant Iyman Faris, once […]
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IS member from Antwerp risks losing Belgian nationality
(Brussels Times) A woman from Antwerp affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) in Syria risks a five-year prison sentence and being stripped of her Belgian nationality. The woman, identified as Saïda El Mimouni, was married to a member of the now-disbanded terrorist […]
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Never give enemy combatants their stripped passports back: ruling parties
(NL Times) The VVD and CDA want to amend the Passport Act to make sure that people whose Dutch nationality was stripped because they joined a terrorist organization can not get a new passport from the Dutch government. “This is another step […]
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Two more Australians stripped of citizenship for Islamic State links
(Sydney Morning Herald) Two Australians in Syria have been stripped of their citizenship over links to Islamic State, sparking family concerns about the status of their young children. The stripping of the couple’s citizenship has been backdated to 2016 — before the […]
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Raids without warrants: Denmark unveils tough new anti-jihadist proposals
(Local) The government is to work for tough new laws on citizens convicted of foreign militant activity, but is likely to be challenged by parties to its left. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, along with Minister of Justice Nick Hækkerup and Minister for […]
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Danish government to announce additional anti-jihadist laws
(Local) The government is to announce new policies clamping down on individuals who have connections to foreign militant groups. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, along with Minister of Justice Nick Hækkerup and Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye, will on Thursday present […]
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Jihadist stripped of Belgian nationality found and detained in Turkey
(Brussels Times) A jihadist fighter from Antwerp was found and detained in Turkey just before Christmas day, according to reports which emerged just hours after he was stripped of his Belgian nationality. Fouad Akrich, 27, was found in an unspecified location in […]
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Swiss revoke mother’s citizenship over suspected Islamic State links
(Swiss Info) The Swiss authorities have revoked the citizenship of a French-Swiss [woman] for her suspected links to the Islamic State militant group. In an information published in the Federal Gazette on December 31, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) said the […]
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Six foreign fighters stripped of Belgian nationality
(Brussels Times) A Brussels court has stripped six foreign fighters of their Belgian nationality, after being sentenced to prison in absentia for their involvement in the terror group Sharia4Belgium. The six fighters all had Belgo-Moroccan nationality and could not be notified of […]
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Foreign fighter stripped of Danish citizenship sues immigration minister Lawyer claims that Mattias Tesfaye’s decision violates the Danish Constitution
(Copenhagen Post) A 25-year-old dual citizen who was one of three foreign fighters stripped of their Danish citizenship last month has decided to sue immigration minister Mattias Tesfaye. The man’s lawyer confirmed the lawsuit, contending that Tesfaye’s decision violates article 3 of […]
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Three IS widows sentenced to five years and lose Belgian nationality
(Brussels Times) The widows of three Islamic State combatants killed in the field have been sentenced to five years in prison and will lose their Belgian nationality on release, a court in Brussels has ruled. All of the women were tried in […]
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Forty Islamist terrorists freed after serving half their jail terms will go back to prison (LINK ONLY)
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Massive setback for ISIS bride fighting to return to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Denmark strips third Islamic State member of passport
(Breitbart) Denmark has announced that another Islamic State member will have their passport and citizenship revoked in what has become the third case in just over a week. The first case involved a 25-year-old Kurdish man who had joined Islamic State as […]
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Lisa Smith cannot be stripped of Irish citizenship, legal conference hears (LINK ONLY)
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Denmark strips citizenship from man under new anti-jihadist law
(Local) The Danish government has withdrawn the citizenship of a man who is wanted for suspected terrorism, applying a hotly-debated new law. The man’s lawyer, Mette Grith Stage, confirmed to newspaper Berlingske that his citizenship had been revoked. A 25-year-old Danish-Turkish citizen […]
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Minister says IS women deportation is ‘very disappointing’
(Dutch News) Justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told reporters it is extremely disappointing that Turkey has sent two ISIS women back to the Netherlands. The two women were picked up at Schiphol airport on Tuesday after being deported by Ankara. Grapperhaus said […]
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Turkey sends two ISIS women, plus two children, back to the Netherlands
(Dutch News) Turkey has sent two Dutch women who joined IS forces in Syria five and six years ago back to the Netherlands, Dutch media said on Wednesday. One of the women, who has two children aged three and four, has been […]
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Vlaams Belang launches campaign against jihadis’ return to Belgium
(Brussels Times) Vlaams Belang on Thursday launched a campaign in Antwerp and on Facebook against the return of terrorist fighters to Belgium. The aim of the campaign is to put pressure on the government and press for measures such as striking former […]
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A judge has ruled that a woman who left the US for ISIS is not an American citizen The ruling means the federal government is under no obligation to facilitate Hoda Muthana's or her 2-year-old son's return to the US.
(BuzzFeed) A federal judge ruled Thursday that Hoda Muthana, a US-born woman who left the country to join ISIS, is not an American citizen, and therefore the government has no obligation to facilitate her return or that of her 2-year-old son. Judge […]
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U.S.-born ISIS bride says ‘everyone deserves a second chance’ Hoda Muthana says in an interview with NBC News that she worries for the future of her 2-year-old son, Adam, and wants to return home to Alabama.
(NBC) An American-born woman who once urged jihadists in America to “go on drivebys, and spill all of their blood,” says she “regrets every single thing” and believes she should be given the option to return to the United States with her […]
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UK government considered repatriation of British Isis members (LINK ONLY)
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Denmark passes law enabling withdrawal of jihadists’ citizenship
(Local) An expedited bill, enabling the immigration minister to revoke the passports of Danes who join foreign militant groups, was passed by parliament on Thursday. The law is aimed primarily at individuals who have fought for the Islamic State (Isis) terror group […]
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Shamima Begum faces ‘extreme scenario’ in citizenship appeal (LINK ONLY)
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Another jihadist suspect set to lose Swiss passport
(Swiss Info) Moves are underway to strip a Geneva-based woman suspected of supporting militant Islamic organisations of her Swiss nationality. The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) launched proceedings against a woman with triple Swiss, French and Tunisian nationality, according to a note in the latest edition of the Federal Gazette. […]
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Shamima Begum begins appeal against loss of UK citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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ISIS bride Shamima Begum wants to return to UK to argue she was ‘rape victim’ (LINK ONLY)
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Should Danish parliament have power to revoke passports?
(Local) Denmark’s Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye has said he does not want to hand the power to revoke passports to parliament. A number of political parties have called for parliament to be given the power to withdraw passports, rather […]
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Denmark to strip foreign fighters of Danish citizenship
(Reuters) Denmark will fast-track legislation allowing people with dual citizenship who have gone abroad to fight for militant groups like Islamic State to be stripped of their Danish nationality, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday. European states are trying to accelerate […]
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Revealed: Cabinet at war over Boris Johnson’s plans to send the SAS into Syria to bring 30 Isis children back to Britain (LINK ONLY)
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Five alleged jihadists get Dutch nationality back
(NL Times) Five persons recently officially regained their Dutch nationality, according to a decision published in the Staatscourant on Monday. These persons’ Dutch nationality was previously revoked because they joined terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq, NOS reports. A spokesperson for the […]
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Lib Dems to call for overhaul of revocation of UK citizenship rules (LINK ONLY)
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Danish mayors call for scrapping of citizenship handshake law
(Local) A law requiring newly-nationalized Danes to shake hands with a representative at their citizenship ceremonies should be scrapped, say a number of Social Democratic mayors prior to the party’s upcoming national congress. As part of new rules on citizenship which came […]
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Swiss revoke citizenship from dual-national Islamic State recruiter
(Reuters) Switzerland has revoked the citizenship of a man convicted of helping recruit jihadist fighters, invoking a law allowing dual nationals to be stripped of their Swiss passports for conduct detrimental to national interests or reputation. Though the Swiss federal immigration office […]
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‘Jihadi Jack’ has a constitutional right to come to Canada. But getting in may not be so easy Letts could try to settle in Canada now that his U.K. citizenship has been stripped
(CBC) Jack Letts has every right as a Canadian citizen to come to Canada, legal analysts say, but the man dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the media and accused of being an ISIS fighter may not have an easy time getting into the country. “Citizenship doesn’t […]
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Danish party: No new citizens should come from Muslim countries
(Breitbart) An MP for the conservative Danish party the New Right has proposed to ban migrants from predominantly Muslim countries from becoming citizens of Denmark. MP Mette Thiesen wrote of her support for such a proposal on social media website Facebook stating, “In […]
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Jihadi Jack: ‘Free me so I can fight against Islamic radicalisation’ Jack Letts tells Sky News he doesn't mind losing his British citizenship because he doesn't want to be governed by Boris Johnson.
(Sky News) The Briton who ran away to join Islamic State as a teenager has told Sky News he wants to be released from jail to join the fight against Islamist radicalisation. In an interview from prison, Jack Letts told Sky News […]
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‘I was expecting something like this’: ‘Jihadi Jack’ learns from ITV News he’s no longer a British citizen
(ITV) Jack Letts, known as “Jihadi Jack,” has learned he has been stripped of his British citizenship in an exclusive interview with ITV News — and admitted it comes as no surprise. The detained Isis fighter, who held dual UK-Canadian citizenship, said […]
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Conservative Leader Scheer won’t ‘lift finger’ to bring ‘Jihadi Jack’ to Canada
(Canadian Press) Neither the governing Liberals nor the Opposition Conservatives expressed enthusiasm Monday for trying to secure the release of the overseas prisoner dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the British media. Questions once again emerged about the fate of Jack Letts, the British-Canadian […]
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Jihadi Jack’s parents brand Sajid Javid a ‘coward’ over revoked citizenship
(BBC) The parents of a UK-Canadian man who joined the Islamic State group have said former Home Secretary Sajid Javid is a “coward” for revoking his British citizenship. Jack Letts — dubbed Jihadi Jack — was 18 when he left his Oxfordshire […]
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Canada ‘disappointed’ terror suspect’s British citizenship revoked
(Canadian Press) The United Kingdom is shirking its share of the international community’s duty to help keep the world safe from terrorism, the federal government suggested Sunday after the British Home Office revoked the citizenship of a dual citizen imprisoned in Syria. […]
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ISIS fighter Jihadi Jack is stripped of his UK passport sparking furious diplomatic row with Canada where he has joint citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Isis babies will not be brought home (LINK ONLY)
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Was this tweet a threat or a joke? For the first time, the Senate will decide
(Sydney Morning Herald) At 9.11am on February 11, divisive Imam [Mohamad] Tawhidi, in a white turban and black and gold robes, started testifying before a Senate committee inquiry into amending Australian citizenship legislation. “I must say that I observe a growing negative […]
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Father’s bid to keep British citizenship for son who went to Syria to join ISIS is thrown out by High Court judge (LINK ONLY)
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Omar questions the patriotism of American-born citizens
(Free Beacon) Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Saturday questioned the patriotism of American-born citizens, claiming she “probably love[s] this country more than anyone who is naturally born” in the United States. Omar participated in a foreign policy panel at the […]
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Countries urged not to strip terror suspects of citizenship
(Reuters) Stripping terror suspects of citizenship does not increase national security and may even make it worse, legal experts told a conference on ending statelessness. They are particularly concerned over the increasing use of the measure by Britain which this year revoked […]
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Syrian civil war fighter in court to stop government revoking his nationality
(Dutch News) A court is due to decide whether a 25-year-old man who fought in the civil war in Syria should have his passport revoked even though he is no longer seen as a terrorist threat. Maher H. has been in an […]
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Trump officials pushing to strip convicted terrorists of citizenship Critics fear a dangerous new front in how the legal system treats naturalized U.S. citizens convicted of terrorism offenses.
(Politico) John Walker Lindh walked out of prison last month and returned to American life, having served 17 years for providing support to the Taliban. But another American who pleaded guilty in a high-profile terrorism case after the Sept. 11 attacks is […]