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The man, born in Bosnia-Herzegovina, was naturalised in Switzerland in 2000 and sentenced to 15 years in prison in January 2021.","category":"Conflict & Security","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-08-25T07:45:37.633Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-25T06:55:48.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-25T07:45:37.633Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":56,"critic":77,"hype":30,"notes":{"trust":"Two independent full reports cite the Federal Administrative Court and SEM, giving dates and locations.","critic":"Provides context for the withdrawal, separates facts, includes specific dates and places, but lacks quotes.","hype":"Headline is vivid but matches the article’s factual content."}},"tags":["#SwissCitizenship","#Terrorism","#ISIS","#FederalAdministrativeCourt","#NationalSecurity"],"entities":["Federal Administrative Court","State Secretariat for Migration","Le Temps","watson","The Local - Ch"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["The Federal Administrative Court confirmed the withdrawal of Swiss citizenship from a man convicted in France for planning ISIS attacks.","The man, born in Bosnia-Herzegovina 36 years ago, was naturalised in Switzerland in 2000 and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in January 2021.","Switzerland's State Secretariat for Migration revoked his nationality in May 2021, citing serious terrorist crimes that harmed the country's interests and reputation.","The court rejected the man's arguments, including his renunciation of Bosnian nationality in 2022, stating he initiated this after his conviction to thwart the citizenship withdrawal."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Switzerland's Federal Administrative Court has confirmed the withdrawal of Swiss citizenship from a 36-year-old man convicted in France for planning ISIS attacks. The man, who was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina and naturalised in Switzerland in 2000, received a 15-year prison sentence from a Paris court in January 2021. The State Secretariat for Migration had revoked his Swiss nationality in May 2021, stating that his serious terrorist crimes had harmed Switzerland's interests and reputation."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Le Temps reported that the man, who resided in the canton of Vaud, was considered an influential member of an ISIS-affiliated group. He allegedly led the group from Switzerland, communicating with six other members in France and disseminating jihadist propaganda. He also discussed plans to travel to Syria with his family and was involved in planning attacks, including knife and explosive attacks, and train derailments, according to French court findings."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Federal Administrative Court upheld the State Secretariat for Migration's decision, rejecting the man's arguments. The court noted that at the time of the revocation in 2021, the man still held dual Swiss and Bosnian nationality. He renounced his Bosnian nationality in 2022, after his conviction, which the State Secretariat for Migration concluded was an attempt to prevent the withdrawal of his Swiss citizenship. The court found that the man initiated the process to renounce his Bosnian nationality himself, thus causing any potential statelessness."},{"type":"heading","text":"Coverage"},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated reports mention the man's original nationality of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the year he was naturalised in Switzerland. 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