Manama regime revoked citizenship of 133 dissidents in 2016: Human Rights Watch

‘Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed deep concern over the high number of citizenship revocations in Bahrain, condemning the ruling Al Khalifah regime’s heavy-handed crackdown on political dissidents and rights activist in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
UN Advocate at the HRW office in Geneva Laila Matar told Arabic-language Lualua television network on Saturday that the international organization had recorded 133 cases of citizenship revocation in Bahrain last year, noting that the move came in response to the victims’ criticism of the Manama regime.
Matar added that Human Rights Watch was gravely concerned about military trials for civilians.
“We don’t believe trying civilians should be in whether civil or military courts, because there is a problem with fair trial procedures in both courts,” she said.’
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