Overview

• A U.S. notice to victims says El Shafee Elsheikh has requested a move to the UK under the International Prisoner Transfer Program.
• Relatives of those killed, including David Haines’s daughter Bethany, have been invited to submit views within a 30‑day window and are urging authorities to block the move.
• The UK Ministry of Justice says no application has been received, it can refuse any request, and any transferee would serve the remainder of their sentence in Britain.
• Elsheikh is serving eight life sentences without parole after a 2022 U.S. conviction linked to the ISIS ‘Beatles’ hostage‑taking and murders in Syria.
• Although stripped of British citizenship in 2018, treaty rules allow such applications by foreign nationals, and any transfer would require consent from both countries.