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| Bahrain urged to scrap laws on revoking nationalities |
| 2014-08-22 |
| [Iran Press TV] Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... (HRW) has called on the Bahraini regime to repeal laws that allow revoking the nationalities of dissidents after a court stripped nine Shia activists of their citizenship. "Bahrain should repeal laws that will allow authorities to strip Bahrainis of their nationalities on grounds so vague as to be arbitrary," the international rights group said in a statement on Thursday. The statement came after a Bahraini court stripped the citizenship of nine men after they were convicted of "forming a terrorist organization aimed at smuggling weapons to Bahrain and helping detainees to escape." The nine were also received jail terms ranging from five to 15 years. According to the New York-based group, ten other Shias, whose nationalities were revoked in 2012, are facing jail terms or deportation from the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. |
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