ISIS bride Shamima Begum should be repatriated to Britain, report says

ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Should Be Repatriated to Britain, Report Finds

Shamima Begum currently resides in a detention camp in Syria after fleeing her home in east London at age 15 to join the Islamic State in 2015. A recent review of Britain’s counter-terrorism policy recommends that she be allowed to return to the UK.

The Independent Commission on UK Counterterrorism, after a three-year investigation, concluded that Begum and other British nationals held in Syrian camps should be repatriated to the UK.

“They said the camps risked being seen as ‘Britain’s Guantanamo’ — a reference to the US detention facility Guantanamo Bay, which was used to indefinitely hold al-Qaeda suspects in the years following the 9/11 atrocities in 2021.”

This controversial comparison highlights that Begum is detained without charge or trial. The commission further stated that the conditions in Syrian camps like Al Hol and Al Roj constitute "inhuman and degrading treatment."

Commission Membership

British Citizens in Syrian Camps

Estimates suggest that between 50 and 70 British citizens are detained in Syrian camps, most of whom are women, along with 12 to 30 children.

Author’s summary: The UK’s counter-terrorism commission urges repatriation of Shamima Begum and other British detainees in Syrian camps, condemning the inhumane conditions and indefinite detention without trial.

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Daily Mail Daily Mail — 2025-11-12

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