Britain's highest court has rejected a woman - born in Britain - application to return home from Syria.
Shamima Begum, now 21, went there as a teenager to join the Islamic State militant group.
She left London in 2015, together with two of her friends.
In Syria, she married a fighter of the Islamic State.
She was stripped of her British passport in 2019, but has applied to the court system to return to Britain and challenge the decision.
The Court of Appeal ruled in her favour, but the Supreme Court overturned the decision on Friday, saying Begum could continue to fight for her citizenship, but not from Britain.
"If a vital public interest—in this case, public safety—makes it impossible for a case to be heard fairly, then the courts cannot hear it properly," the Supreme Court justices said in the ruling. THEIR
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Begum is currently being held in a detention camp in Syria. She gave birth to three children, but all of them died.
Some in Britain argue that Begum has waived her right to British citizenship by joining the terror group, but others say she should be able to return home and face trial, rather than being let go. stateless in a foreign country.
This article is taken with permission from REL
