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                    The European Court of Human Rights is currently looking into whether the UK broke its promises under the European Convention on Human Rights. The court is looking into whether Begum's rights to a fair trial, a family life, and protection from cruel or humiliating treatment were violated.
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                  (ECHR) European Court of Human Rights agreed to look into the Shamima Begum's long legal battle with the UK government. This brought the issue back into the public eye and brought up a topic that has divided public opinion for almost ten years. Begum left her family in east London to join the Islamic State group in Syria when she was 15 years old in 2015.
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                    Four years after the extremist group broke up, the UK government took away her British citizenship. They said she was a big danger to the safety of the country. The UK courts agreed with Sajid Javid's decision as home secretary at the time. Since that decision, Begum has been in a prison camp in northern Syria.
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                    People say that the camp is very hard to live in because the living spaces are small and there is no medical care. She tried many times to appeal the decision, but she was never allowed to go back to Britain to do so in person. Judges knew this would be hard, but they thought that her right to return was less important than national security. Lawyers say that the decision could have big consequences.
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                    The case is based on a simple question about citizenship, which is the legal connection between a person and a country. People who don't want citizenship deprivation powers say that taking away someone's nationality puts them in a legal void where no state is willing to take responsibility, especially when it comes to terrorism. For a long time, the UK government said that Begum's family made her a citizen of Bangladesh. 
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                     Bangladesh has denied that claim many times, saying that she is not a citizen and can't get in. Human rights groups say that Begum is now basically stateless and stuck in a war zone with no clear way to escape. The UK's decision won't change right away, but the ECHR's involvement gets the word out to people all over the world.
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                        If the decision goes against Britain, it could make governments think twice about how they use their power to take away citizenship, especially when it comes to kids and emergencies that happen all over the world. People still have a lot of different opinions about it. Some people think that Begum should have to deal with the consequences of her actions and that public safety should always come first. Some people think that making the law less strict, even when things are really bad, could be a bad example.
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