State wants time to consider 'complex issues' raised in action brought by son of alleged ISIS fighter

The State is expected to oppose an application by an Irish born seven-year-old boy currently in Belarus with his mother, to have his passport renewed.

Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 17:05

Ann O’Loughlin

The State is expected to oppose an application by an Irish-born seven-year-old boy currently in Belarus with his mother, to have his passport renewed.

The case, by Abdul Malik Bekmirzaev, is deemed to be a complex one by lawyers acting for the State due to issues including the 2010 naturalisation of the boy's father Alexandr Bekmirzaev, who it is alleged went to fight in Syria for ISIS.