Bahrain revokes citizenship of 69 people in connection with Iran war

Bahrain strips 69 people of citizenship over alleged Iran ties, sparking accusations of a renewed crackdown on Shia and dissident communities amid the ongoing Gulf war. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Bahrain revokes citizenship of 69 people in connection with Iran war

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Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 69 people, accusing them of sympathising with Iran and aiding foreign entities, in the first mass denationalisation by the Gulf kingdom in over seven years. A directive issued by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa cited a provision in Bahraini nationality law that allows for revocation on grounds of “causing harm to the interests of the kingdom or acting in a manner contrary to the duty of loyalty to it”. The affected individuals include those accused of breaching that article, as well as their dependent family members. The directive said all 69 were “of non-Bahraini origin” and had expressed sympathy for and glorified “heinous Iranian hostile acts” or engaged in “espionage with foreign entities”. Campaigners told Middle East Eye that many of those named are Ajami, a term referring to longstanding communities in Gulf Arab states whose ancestors migrated from southern Iran. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird) said the move marks the first mass revocation since 2019, when King Hamad reinstated the citizenship of 551 people after a wave of denationalisations between 2012 and 2019 that stripped at least 990 nationals, many of them human rights defenders, journalists and religious scholars. “The Bahrain regime is yet again using citizenship revocation as a tool of oppression,” said Maryam al-Khawaja, a Bahraini-Danish activist. “This is a tool the Al Khalifa ruling family has used for decades to target dissidents, as well as the wider Shia population in the country.” Al-Khawaja said the decision was taken without due process, leaving families stateless within Bahrain and unable to access government schooling, healthcare and housing. Bird’s Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei added that many of those named were not arrested or interrogated and have no information about what prompted the authorities’ decision. “There is no due process to challenge or appeal the decision, making people very vulnerable to abuse and leading to families being torn apart,” he said. The revocation comes days after King Hamad led a high-level meeting with senior officials to discuss measures to crack down on nationals accused of having “betrayed the...

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