Shamima Begum: IS bride 'given legal aid' for citizenship fight
The legal aid that has been granted covers a case before the semi-secret Special Immigration Appeals Commission , which adjudicates on cases where the home secretary has stripped someone of their nationality on grounds of national security.
This is because they typically involve a complex combination of MI5 intelligence reports, which cannot be disclosed to the complainant, and long-standing law on achieving a fair hearing. Over the last decade or so there have been many other people stripped of nationality on the basis they are linked to terrorism who have been legally-aided during the SIAC process.Soon afterwards, she gave birth to a boy. He died of pneumonia in March at less than three weeks of age. She had already lost two children.
Dal Babu, a former chief superintendent in the Metropolitan Police and a friend of the family, said Ms Begum should have legal aid to make sure the correct process is followed.
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