Deprivation of Nationality of Sheikh Isa Qassim from the Perspective of International Law and Bahrain Domestic Law

Maghami, Amir

doi:10.22059/jplsq.2017.63102

Author

Amir Maghami

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and Theology, Ashrafi Esfahani University, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2017.63102

Abstract

Bahrain's government has faced with people openly protest over the past six years. The peaceful demonstrations, often with intention of self-determination for the people of Bahrain has been done. Sheikh Isa Qassim, one of the religious leaders of protesters arrested by the government and was deprived of his Bahraini nationality in 2016. The present analytical – descriptive article indicates that nationality is an internationalized issue and arbitrarily deprivation of nationality is prohibited under international law. since in case of Sheikh Isa Qassim, terrorism charges against him has not been proved and there is no provision on fair trial has been provided in Bahrain’s laws regarding prevention of arbitrarily deprivation of nationality, it seems that Bahrain’s government breached its commitments to international human rights obligations.

Keywords

20.1001.1.24238120.1396.47.2.5.7

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Deprivation of Nationality of Sheikh Isa Qassim from the Perspective of International Law and Bahrain Domestic Law

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Volume 47, Issue 2
July 2017
Pages 357-375

Deprivation of Nationality of Sheikh Isa Qassim from the Perspective of International Law and Bahrain Domestic Law

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Volume 47, Issue 2July 2017Pages 357-375

Volume 47, Issue 2
July 2017
Pages 357-375