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British government condemned after Islamic State teenager's baby dies
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MARCH 9, 2019 / 7:55 AM / UPDATED 19 MINUTES AGO
British government condemned after Islamic State teenager's baby dies
Kate Holton
4 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - A decision by Britain to strip a teenage girl of her citizenship after she joined Islamic State in Syria was described as a “stain on the conscience” of the government on Saturday after her three-week old baby died.
Shamima Begum was stripped of her citizenship on security grounds last month, leaving her in a detention camp in Syria where her baby died, the third of the 19-year-old’s infant children to die since she traveled to Syria in 2015.
The opposition Labour party said the move to leave an innocent child in a refugee camp, where infant mortality rates are high, was morally reprehensible. A lawmaker in the ruling Conservative party said it smacked of populism over principle.
“The tragic death of Shamima Begum’s baby, Jarrah, is a stain on the conscience of this government,” Diane Abbott, the opposition home affairs spokeswoman said.
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British government condemned after Islamic State teenager's baby dies
Kate Holton
4 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - A decision by Britain to strip a teenage girl of her citizenship after she joined Islamic State in Syria was described as a “stain on the conscience” of the government on Saturday after her three-week old baby died.
Shamima Begum was stripped of her citizenship on security grounds last month, leaving her in a detention camp in Syria where her baby died, the third of the 19-year-old’s infant children to die since she traveled to Syria in 2015.
The opposition Labour party said the move to leave an innocent child in a refugee camp, where infant mortality rates are high, was morally reprehensible. A lawmaker in the ruling Conservative party said it smacked of populism over principle.
“The tragic death of Shamima Begum’s baby, Jarrah, is a stain on the conscience of this government,” Diane Abbott, the opposition home affairs spokeswoman said.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-britain-teenager/british-government-condemned-after-islamic-state-teenagers-baby-dies-idUSKBN1QQ0BP
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