The government in July won its bid to have the country's highest court consider whether Shamima Begum, 20, should be allowed to return to the UK to pursue an appeal over her revoked citizenship. Earlier in July, three senior Court of Appeal judges ruled Begum should be allowed to come to Britain for the legal challenge. But one judge said the Supreme Court should consider the government's appeal because it raised "points of law of general public importance." Also Read - IS recruit Shamima Begum can return to UK to challenge citizenship removalBegum was 15 when she and two other schoolgirls from Bethnal Green in east London left home to join the jihadist group on February 17, 2015. Also Read - IS bride Shamima won't be allowed in Bangladesh, says govtBegum's high-profile flight with her friends from Britain to Syria via Turkey in 2015 was followed by an international manhunt.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 23, 2020 03:11 UTC