Opinion | The Guardian USJan 23
The Guardian view on Syria’s crisis: Islamic State fighters are not the only concern | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/23/the-guardian-view-on-syria-crisis-islamic-state-fighters-are-not-the-only-concern #Syria #IslamicState #Kurds #DonaldTrump #UsNews #UsPolitics #TrumpAdministration #BasharAlassad #ShamimaBegum #Politics #UkNews #Austria #WorldNews
The Guardian view on Syria’s crisis: Islamic State fighters are not the only concern

Editorial: As a lightning government offensive leaves the Kurdish-dominated SDF reeling, the political horizon needs attention as well as security

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US news | The GuardianJan 23
The Guardian view on Syria’s crisis: Islamic State fighters are not the only concern | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/23/the-guardian-view-on-syria-crisis-islamic-state-fighters-are-not-the-only-concern #Syria #IslamicState #Kurds #DonaldTrump #UsNews #UsPolitics #TrumpAdministration #BasharAlassad #ShamimaBegum #Politics #UkNews #Austria #WorldNews
The Guardian view on Syria’s crisis: Islamic State fighters are not the only concern

Editorial: As a lightning government offensive leaves the Kurdish-dominated SDF reeling, the political horizon needs attention as well as security

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Darren FowerJan 4
Labour #HomeSecretary #ShabanaMahmoodMP will 'robustly defend' the decision to revoke #ShamimaBegum’s citizenship in the face of scrutiny from European judges!
-> A recent Guardian survey showed 66% of the public oppose Begum's return!
Mark BurtonJan 2

Guardian faffing around the issue.
The government should clearly overturn Javid's cruel decision to strip this victim of grooming of her citizenship.
But they won't, being on human rights, even worse than the last Tory government.

Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons | Shamima Begum | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/02/ministers-cannot-go-on-ignoring-the-shamima-begum-case-for-two-important-reasons

#ShamimaBegum #HumanRights

Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons

The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenship

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World news | The GuardianJan 2
Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/02/ministers-cannot-go-on-ignoring-the-shamima-begum-case-for-two-important-reasons #ShamimaBegum #HumanRights #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #BritishIdentityAndSociety #IslamicState #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #HomeOffice #ShabanaMahmood #SajidJavid #Bangladesh #Law #SouthAndCentralAsia #UkNews #Syria #Politics #Society
Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons

The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenship

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MartinJan 2

The reaction to #NigelFarage's racist youth contrasts in a most #racist way with reaction to #ShamimaBegum's exile from the UK.

https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/the-racist-dual-standards-of-the-uk-exposed-in-the-space-of-a-few-weeks/

The racist dual standards of the UK exposed in the space of a few weeks

A constant refrain from right wing, Islamophobic types has been that it is correct to bar Begum from re-entry to the UK on the grounds that she “knew what she was doing.” Contrast that …

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Claire McNabJan 1

Imagine If the #UK had a new government, led by a #humanrights lawyer.

Then it would urgently overturn the #Tory removal of the #BritishCitizenship of #ShamimaBegum. She was sex trafficked as a child, had 3 children from a #forcedmarriage who all died, & was made #stateless in 2019.

But instead of a human rights lawyer, the UK elected a cruel liar called #Starmer. He doesn't even condemn #genocide, but persecutes anti-genociders as "#terrorist".

screenshot from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wzp693nv3o #ukpol

The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & Entertainment [Unofficial]Jan 1

Major update in Shamima Begum bid to return as ministers refuse to budge

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/major-update-shamima-begum-bid-36482259

World news | The GuardianDec 31
European human rights court questions UK decision to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/31/european-human-rights-court-questions-uk-decision-to-strip-shamima-begum-of-citizenship #ShamimaBegum #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #HumanRights #Law #UkNews #IslamicState #HomeOffice #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy
European human rights court questions UK decision to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship

Begum’s lawyers argue she was child trafficking victim when she travelled to live under IS in Syria in 2015

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Darren FowerDec 31
FRESH reports this morning ..... that "meddling Euro judges" are working on #ShamimaBegum's case.
-> European Court of Human Rights has reportedly challenged Britain's decision to strip her of her citizenship in 2019, which Ms Begum's lawyers have of course welcomed!