BREAKING: IS bride Shamima Begum has lost the first stage of a legal challenge against the decision to revoke her British citizenship. Read more here:
Ms Begum, who is now 20, lived under Islamic State rule for more than three years before being discovered nine months pregnant in a Syrian refugee camp last February.Ms Begum's lawyers argued the move was unlawful because it left her stateless.Stripping someone of their citizenship is deemed lawful only if the individual is entitled to citizenship of another country.
Ms Begum launched legal action against the Home Office at the High Court and the Special Immigration Appeals Commission .
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