Shamima Begum’s mother-in-law has implored the Islamic State (ISIS) to allow her daughter-in-law to leave Syria for the UK where she could “rebuild a new life”.
Shamima Begum, who joined ISIS aged 15 in 2015 and got married to jihadist husband Yago Riedijk, has made pleas to return to the UK after being stripped of her British citizenship for joining the Islamic group.
Ms Begum’s mother-in-law Ankie Riedijk said her son and daughter-in-law should face justice for travelling to Syria and urged British authorities to allow the 23-year-old to return to Britain.
Shamima and her son Yago, who are technically stateless without a passport and are residing in a refugee camp in Syria, should be returned to Mrs Riedijk’s home country where they should be tried for their crimes, Mrs Riedijk said.
She was discovered alive four years later at the Al-Hawl refugee camp in Northern Syria by war correspondent Anthony Loyd.
Ms Begum has since been stuck in Syria and got married to Yago.
The couple has had three children, but two died of disease or malnutrition, and the third, born after Begum was captured by Western-backed Kurdish forces, died of pneumonia in the prison camp where she is being held in northern Syria.
Ms Begum, now 23, is contesting the Home Office decision and is fighting the British government in court to regain her citizenship and return to London.
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