I'm Not a Monster

BBC Radio 5 Live

Seeking to separate fact from fiction, the multi award-winning series returns to investigate the divisive story of Shamima Begum.When three London school girls went missing in 2015, they generated global headlines and the media storm that ensued continues to this day. Back then, investigative journalist Josh Baker was filming at a mosque in the girls' neighbourhood as their families came to seek help; their daughters were on the way to Syria to join the Islamic State group. But it was too late, and they disappeared inside the so-called caliphate.For four years, their fate remained a mystery - with only...

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I'm Not a Monster

Episodes (31)

Feb 23, 2024 Series 2: The Court Decides
Nov 29, 2023 Series 2: Josh Baker Answers Listener Questions
Aug 8, 2023 Series 2. Our Live Show

I'm Not a Monster

Feb 23, 2024
6¼ minutes
6 MB

Nine years to the day since Shamima Begum entered ISIS controlled Syria, she’ll find out whether she’s any closer to coming back to Britain. Josh is at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London to hear whether Begum’s lawyers have succeeded in arguing that the British government’s decision to take away her citizenship was unlawful. After she emerged from the remnants of the Islamic State group in 2019, the British Home Secretary took away her citizenship saying she was a threat to national security. Her lawyers claim that he failed to consider whether she was...

I'm Not a Monster

Series 2: The Court Decides

BBC Radio 5 Live

00:00 -06:24