Shamima Begum was sexually exploited by ISIS, appeal hearing told

Shamima Begum trafficked to Syria by Isis and exploited for sex, court told

Shamima Begum was trafficked to Syria to have sex with adult Isis fighters and bear their children in a form of “sexual exploitation”, a court has heard.

British Teenager Who Joined IS Likely Trafficking Victim, Court Told

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State (IS) is challenging the U.K. government's decision to take away her citizenship, with her lawyers telling a London court that she was likely "a child victim of trafficking." Shamima Begum left London in 2015 aged 15 and traveled with two school friends to Syria, where she married an IS fighter and gave birth to three children, all of whom died as infants. She was stripp…

Shamima Begum likely ‘child victim of trafficking’: UK court told

Shamima Begum likely ‘child victim of trafficking’: UK court told

British schoolgirl who joined Daesh likely trafficking victim, court told

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Daesh is challenging the UK government's decision to take away her citizenship, with her lawyers, telling a London court that she was l...

ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Was Trafficked for Sexual Exploitation, Immigration Appeal Tribunal Told

A young British woman who joined ISIS in Syria as a teenager—and is now appealing against the government stripping her of her UK citizenship—deserves special protection because she was trafficked for sexual exploitation, an immigration appeal tribunal has been told. Shamima Begum, who is now 23, left her home in east London when she was 15 and travelled along with two friends via Turkey to Syria where she married a Dutch jihadi, Yago Riedijk, an…

Lawyer: Ex-Islamic State bride was child trafficking victim

Lawyers for a British woman whose U.K. citizenship was removed after she travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group have argued that she should have been treated as a child trafficking victim