Bahrain regime revocation of People’s Citizenship is “slap in the face of human rights”

Activist Condemns Bahraini Regime for Revoking People’s Citizenship
26 November, 2012 – FARS

TEHRAN (FNA)- Member of Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) Nigel Rodley described revoking citizenships of Bahraini activists as a “slap in the face of the human rights”, and called for the prosecution of the government agents involved in the killing and torturing of protesters.

“The measure (depriving the activists of citizenship) is a slap in the face of human rights and a provocative action which poisons the political climate in Bahrain,” Nigel Rodley told FNA on Monday.

He also urged prosecution of government agents who have tortured activists and violated people’s rights.

The Bahraini government, facing protracted unrest by an overwhelming majority of the people, has revoked the nationality of 31 men on charges of harming national security.

The men include London-based dissidents Saeed al-Shehabi and Ali Mushaima, the son of jailed opposition leader Hassan Mushaima, as well as clerics, human rights lawyers and activists.

Also on the list published by Bahraini News Agency (BNA) were two former parliamentarians from the leading Shiite party Wefaq, Jawad and Jalal Fairooz.

Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February 2011, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty’s over-40-year rule, end of discrimination, establishment of justice and a democratically-elected government as well as freedom of detained protesters.

Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar – were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 13, 2011, to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.

So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and thousands of others have been injured. …source