A man convicted of plotting an attack on the London Stock Exchange in 2012 was allowed to stay in the United Kingdom on human rights grounds as his wife was banned from entering the country for supporting the Islamic State terrorist organization, a UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission judgment revealed on Monday.
Shah Rahman, a Bangladeshi national, pleaded guilty to charges of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts and was sentenced to 17 years in prison before being released under automatic release provisions in 2017, the judgment noted.
Rahman attempted to apply for asylum in the UK the same year he was released from prison. His claim was rejected under the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention, which provides that any individual who has committed a crime against peace is not subject to the provisions of the Convention.
Despite his asylum claim being rejected, Rahman was allowed to stay in the UK for fear that his rights under the European Convention of Human Rights would be violated if he was sent back to Bangladesh.
Following his release, Rahman married Mauritian national Parveen Purbhoo in 2019.
Purbhoo was the subject of the judgment, which upheld a decision to ban her from entering the UK following a security assessment that deemed her a potential threat to national security.
The assessment posited that there was a “real risk” that Purbhoo would engage in terrorism related activity due to her suspected support of the Islamic State after dozens of Islamic State images and videos were found on her phone.
Purbhoo attempted to appeal her ban from the UK, claiming that it was “improper” to include details of Rahman’s conviction in the consideration of her status.
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