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Bahrain king reinstates nationality to 551 citizens tried in courts
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 21, 2019 / 11:55 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Bahrain king reinstates nationality to 551 citizens tried in courts
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain’s king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, reinstated nationality to 551 people stripped of their citizenship by courts in the Gulf Arab state, state news agency BNA said on Sunday.
Since a 2011 uprising, Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has prosecuted hundreds of protesters in mass trials, banned the main opposition groups and revoked citizenship from hundreds of nationals.
Most of the leading opposition figures and rights activists are imprisoned or have fled abroad.
The Britain-based activist group the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy has said Bahrain has stripped a total of 990 people of their citizenship since 2012.
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Bahrain king reinstates nationality to 551 citizens tried in courts
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain’s king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, reinstated nationality to 551 people stripped of their citizenship by courts in the Gulf Arab state, state news agency BNA said on Sunday.
Since a 2011 uprising, Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has prosecuted hundreds of protesters in mass trials, banned the main opposition groups and revoked citizenship from hundreds of nationals.
Most of the leading opposition figures and rights activists are imprisoned or have fled abroad.
The Britain-based activist group the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy has said Bahrain has stripped a total of 990 people of their citizenship since 2012.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-security/bahrain-king-reinstates-nationality-to-551-citizens-tried-in-courts-idUSKCN1RX0HW