2 h. ago Could Shamima Begum return to UK under Labour? Independent review says she should be saved from 'Britain's Guantanamo' camp in Syria

Begum is currently living in a detention camp in Syria after she fled her home in east London at the age of 15 to join Islamic State in 2015.

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3 h. ago ISIS bride Shamima Begum and other Brits detained in Syrian camps should be repatriated to Britain, counter

Begum is currently living in a detention camp in Syria after she fled her home in east London at the age of 15 to join Islamic State in 2015.

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5 d. ago British woman on Bali death row flies home on humanitarian grounds

Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, but has moved to release more than half a dozen high-profile detainees in the last yearTwo British drug convicts including death row prisoner Lindsay Sandiford were repatriated from Indonesia on Friday, as part of a deal to return them on humanitarian grounds.Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, but has moved to release more than half a dozen high-profile detainees in the last year. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Wife of British journalist ‘abducted by ICE’ speaks out: ‘We’re being kept in the dark’

Soumaya Hamdi says she has barely spoken to Sami Hamdi since he was taken over his pro-Palestinian advocacyThe wife of a British political commentator who was detained by immigration authorities while on a speaking tour of the US said she has only been able to speak with him for “30 seconds” since he was taken into custody on Sunday over his pro-Palestinian advocacy.Soumaya Hamdi told the Guardian she first learned her husband, Sami Hamdi, was detained at San Francisco international airport when a friend asked her to confirm rumors he had been “abducted by ICE”. When he was finally able to briefly call her, Hamdi only had enough time to say he had been taken to an immigration detention center in McFarland, California, where he remains. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Briton is detained in Ukraine accused of spying for Russia while working as a military instructor near the frontline

Kyiv prosecutors said the man, who has not yet been named, has been passing information to Russian intelligence.

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2 w. ago Law closes ‘loophole’ over appeals against stripping of British citizenship

The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025 received royal assent on Tuesday night.

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2 w. ago Detained British couple tell family last Iran court hearing ‘had not gone well’

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were detained in January and later charged with espionage.

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2 w. ago British political commentator Sami Hamdi detained by federal authorities at California airport

Officials say British political commentator Sami Hamdi has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at San Francisco International Airport

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2 w. ago UK ‘in touch’ with US authorities after British commentator detained by ICE

Sami Hamdi was detained while on a US speaking tour and has had his visa revoked, Homeland Security said.

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2 w. ago Shamima Begum a 'recluse' in Syrian camp as she dons sports wear and 'won't talk'

The Bethnal Green schoolgirl 'wont engage' since her British citizenship was revoked for running away from home to join ISIS and become a death cult bride, along with two friends

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