Deradicalization
Extremists living in UK under secretive counter-terror programme (LINK ONLY)
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Shamima Begum
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: I was brainwashed. I knew nothing (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
‘My sons left home to become terrorists and I don’t know if they’re alive or dead’ (LINK ONLY)
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Internet
‘Hungry Hamza’ once fought for the Islamic State. Now he’s a prisoner and asking about Western fast food
(Washington Post) Five years ago, Hamza Parvez was a pudgy Islamic State recruit from West London known for his unusual social media posts about kittens, KFC and what passed for fast food in the so-called caliphate. But as the Islamic State’s territory […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum husband: Isis bride is heartbroken and alone (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum’s lawyer: ‘What Javid has done is morally appalling and flawed legally’ Tasnime Akunjee on his quest to bring the Isis bride back to the UK.
(New Statesman) I met Tasnime Akunjee for the first time in autumn last year. I was interested in the case of the three girls from Bethnal Green Academy who in February 2015 joined Islamic State (IS) in Syria and, because he was […]
News: Europe
In a Syrian camp for ISIS supporters, a Belgian vows she made a huge mistake Cassandra Bodart is fighting to return to Belgium, but Brussels refuses to repatriate her
(National-UAE) Her mother still calls her baby doll, but Cassandra Bodart is a long way from home. After running away with an Islamic militant to Syria as a teenager six years ago, the 24-year-old Belgian lives in a Kurdish-run camp for ISIS […]
Children & Teens
Five children of French jihadists return home from Syria
(AFP) The French government said Friday it had repatriated five orphaned children of French jihadists from camps in northeast Syria, where a five-year offensive against the Islamic State (IS) group is drawing to a bloody close. The children, aged five or under, […]
Citizenship
Switzerland wants to strip ISIS fighter of passport
(Local) The Swiss justice minister on Monday confirmed that the country was looking at revoking the passport of a Swiss citizen who fought for the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). Speaking in the lower house of the Swiss parliament, Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter […]
Citizenship
Government unlikely to be able to strip citizenship from alleged ‘Isis bride’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: ‘Not safe’ to rescue IS bride’s baby, says Hunt
(BBC) It was too dangerous to send British officials to rescue Shamima Begum’s baby son in Syria, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. The child died in a refugee camp after his mother, who joined IS in 2015, was stripped of UK […]
Children & Teens
Isis brides with five sons lose UK citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Jihadi Yago Riedijk ‘will not be allowed to live with his family in Netherlands’
(Dutch News) The Dutch government will not help IS fighter Yago Riedijk return to the country and his British wife and child should not be allowed to join him, ministers and MPs said at the weekend. Riedijk, 26, told the BBC and […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: ‘We should live in Holland,’ says IS husband
(BBC) The Dutch husband of Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015 aged 15, has said he wants her to return to the Netherlands with him. Yago Riedijk and Ms Begum married days after she arrived inside […]
Children & Teens
Shooting range criticised for Shamima Begum target
(BBC) A shooting range in Merseyside has been criticised for using images of IS bride Shamima Begum as a target. Labour MP Angela Eagle said she was “disapproving” of the use of living people’s faces by Ultimate Airsoft Range in Wallasey. Ms […]
Children & Teens
Sajid Javid: Difficult to strip Shamima Begum of UK citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Sinn Fein councillor sorry after jihadi bride joke sparks ‘hate speech’ row (LINK ONLY)
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One hundred British children born to Islamic State brides remain in Syria, experts warn (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Trump administration signals ISIS foreign fighters could be sent to Guantanamo Bay President Donald Trump has sent no new individuals to Guantanamo.
(ABC) As President Donald Trump seeks to wind down the fight against the Islamic State in Syria, his administration is increasingly leaving open the possibility that some of the group’s foreign fighters be sent to the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, […]
Children & Teens
Islamic State bride Shamima Begum: I am willing to change The 19-year-old tells Sky News her newborn son is unwell and she will not allow him to return to Britain from Syria alone.
(Sky News) Islamic State bride Shamima Begum has told Sky News she is “willing to change” as she asked for “mercy” from politicians after being stripped of her UK citizenship. The 19-year-old — who wants to return to Britain from Syria — […]
Citizenship
Danish parties want to strip foreign fighters of citizenship Justice minister remains skittish over DF proposal
(Copenhagen Post) This week it emerged that the UK had decided to revoke the British citizenship of Shamima Begum, a so-called Islamic State (IS) bride who wants to return to the UK after leaving London four years ago to join ranks of […]
Government & Politics
Security orders for ex‑jihadists are ‘so expensive that many roam free’ (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Jeremy Corbyn: Removing IS teen Shamima Begum’s UK citizenship ‘not right’ The Labour leader questions the government's action against the 19-year-old and claims 'she should be brought back' to Britain.
(Sky News) Jeremy Corbyn has told Sky News stripping Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum of her British citizenship is “not the right thing to do.” The Labour leader questioned Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to bar the 19-year-old from the UK, adding […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum will not be allowed here, says Bangladesh (LINK ONLY)
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Shamima Begum: 78% of Britons support revoking IS bride’s UK citizenship — Sky Data poll Eight in 10 Britons think Sajid Javid is right to remove her UK citizenship — as Bangladesh insists she is not a dual citizen.
(Sky News) The vast majority of the British public support the home secretary’s decision to remove the UK citizenship of Islamic State recruit Shamima Begum, a Sky Data poll reveals. Eight in 10 Britons (78%) think Sajid Javid was right to remove […]
Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: Isis Briton faces move to revoke citizenship (LINK ONLY)
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Shamima Begum: ‘I didn’t want to be IS poster girl’
(BBC) Shamima Begum — the schoolgirl who fled London to join the Islamic State group in Syria — has said she never wanted to be an IS “poster girl.” Ms Begum, who has just given birth, said she now wants the UK’s forgiveness and […]
Children & Teens
Let Shamima Begum return to UK or risk more terror recruits, says expert (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
UK’s ‘most dangerous extremist group’ regenerating after terrorist prisoners released (LINK ONLY)
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Former MI6 director says schoolgirl who joined Isis should be ‘given a chance’ (LINK ONLY)
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UK will not put officials at risk to rescue Isis Britons, says minister (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Shamima Begum: Bring me home, says Bethnal Green girl who left to join Isis (LINK ONLY)
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