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Islamic State: Crimes against Humanity

Question for Home Office

UIN HL15132, tabled on 9 April 2019

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 April (HL14768), whether the individuals they assessed as no longer being of national security concern were prosecuted for participation or complicity in Daesh atrocities; and if not, why not.

Answered on

24 April 2019

I cannot comment on individual cases. Decisions about investigation and prosecution are taken independently of Government by the police and Crown Prosecution Service on a case by case basis.

Any individual who has travelled overseas to engage in conflict will be subject to investigation, and where there is evidence that crimes have been committed, they should expect to face prosecution.

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