Revocation

of citizenship in #Bahrain (Up today).

The total = 434 Citizens

31

in year 2012

21

in year 2014

208

in year 2015

90

in year 2016

156

in year 2017

298

in year 2018

181

in year 2019

551

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Statements

UNHCR releases new guidelines on loss and deprivation of nationality

21 May 2020  UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today issued new guidelines on the loss and deprivation of nationality. The guidance is intended to assist governments and policy makers in interpreting relevant international law. “Decisions to deprive people of nationality [...]

22
May

Fanack Statements

Bahraini Dissidents Face Loss of Citizenship, Forced Exile

Eight people were deported on 30 January and 1 February 2018 from Bahrain to Iraq’s southern Shiite city of Najaf. They had been stripped of their nationality in 2012, along with 23 other Bahraini activists and human rights lawyers on charges [...]

18
Feb

Bird Reports Statements

Stop Revoking Citizenships – BIRD Publishes Full Documentation

8 February 2016 – In the five years since the ‘Arab Spring’ uprising, which began on 14 February 2011, the stripping of citizenship has emerged as one of the most disturbing methods used to silence dissent. The first exercise of this [...]

13
Jan

Pen America Statements

Bahrain: Writers Stripped of Citizenship

Bahrain should take immediate steps to reinstate nationality for writers unduly stripped of their citizenship, PEN American Center said in a statement today. On Saturday, January 31, the Ministry of the Interior of Bahrain released a statement publicly revoking the citizenship [...]

15
Sep

ADHRB Bird Statements

Bahrain Strips Citizenship of 56 Including 9 Children, Bringing 2015 Total up to 128

11 June 2015 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemn the unfair trial of 61 persons in a single terrorism case, and the court’s decision to strip the citizenship [...]

09
Sep

cpj Statements

Four Bahraini journalists stripped of citizenship

Washington D.C. February 4, 2015–Bahraini authorities revoked the nationality of at least four journalists among a total of 72 citizens, after accusing them under article 10 of the country’s citizenship act of supporting terrorism, the state-run Bahrain News Agency reported. Those named on the Ministry of [...]

25
Aug

Amnesty Statements

Bahrain: Halt deportation of individuals arbitrarily stripped of nationality

A decision by a court in Bahrain today to deport 10 people who have been stripped of their Bahraini nationality must be quashed, said Amnesty International. The 10 are among 31 people whose nationality was arbitrarily revoked in November 2012. In [...]

31
Jul

Amnesty Statements

Amnesty: Bahrain: cleric stripped of nationality facing imminent deportation threat

Shaikh Hussain al-Najati reportedly given 48 hours to leave country and warned that his family may be harmed if he fails to leave Bahrain’s government must end its intimidation of a Shi’a Muslim cleric who has been stripped of his nationality, [...]

31
Jul

Amnesty Statements

Bahraini opposition figures stripped of nationality in ‘frightening and chilling’ development

The Bahraini authorities today stripped 31 opposition figures of their Bahraini nationality in a move described by Amnesty International as “frightening and chilling”. A Ministry of Interior statement indicated that the group, including politicians, activists and religious figures, had their nationality [...]

31
Jul

GDN News

12 stripped of citizenship file appeals

A GROUP of 12 former citizens whose Bahraini nationalities were revoked three years ago have lodged appeals against their convictions for staying illegally in the country. Ebrahim Taymour Abdulla Jumaa Karimi, Ibrahim Ghuloom Karrimi, Sayyed Mohammed Ali Al Mousawi, Mohammed Ali [...]

31
Jul

HRW Statements

HRW: World Report 2015: Bahrain

In 2014, the main opposition party continued to refuse to participate in the national dialogue process to protest authorities prosecuting some of its senior members and, with other opposition parties, boycotted November’s elections in protest at an unfair electoral system. Bahrain’s [...]

30
Jul

HRW Statements

Bahrain: Citizenship Rights Stripped Away

(Beirut) – Ten people whose Bahraini citizenship was withdrawn without due process are facing deportation or jail. They are among 31 people declared stateless in November 2012, allegedly for damaging state security. The others have left the country. July 2014 amendments [...]

30
Jul

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Feb

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