Bahrain has revoked over 800 nationals of citizenship since 2012: Report

The authorities in Bahrain has stripped more than 800 nationals of their citizenship during the past six years, a human rights group says.

The authorities in Bahrain has stripped more than 800 nationals of their citizenship during the past six years, a human rights group says.

According to a new report by the UK-based NGO, SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights, cited by the Arabic-language Bahrain Mirror news website on Saturday, Manama has revoked the citizenship of 804 nationals from the beginning of 2012, a year after widespread rights rallies began to rock the small Gulf island country.

SALAM, which tries to preserve universal principles of dignity and respect by shielding democracy and human rights, detailed by the year the number of revocations per year: “2018 (298) – 2017 (156) – 2016 (90) – 2015 (208) – 2014 (21) – 2013 (0) – 2012 (31).”

It also said that the highly controversial move of revoking citizenship with an increasing rate is taken with the growing use of the judiciary for punishment despite international convictions.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Appeals stripped 25 Bahraini activists of their citizenship, accusing them of involvement in a purported terror attack.