Shamima Begum Bid to Restore British Citizenship Rejected

Judge dismisses 23-year-old's legal challenge and upholds Home Office decision to revoke her UK citizenship

Shamima Begum being interviewed by Sky News in northern Syria on Feb. 17, 2019. The so-called ISIS bride has claimed she was radicalised both online and "between her circle of friends."Reuters

Shamima Begum failed in a last-ditch legal bid to have her British citizenship restored.

On Wednesday, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) fully dismissed the 23-year-old’s legal challenge against a Home Office decision to revoke her status as a UK citizen.