a. B a h r a i n i n a . o n a l i t y s h a l l b e several amendments which will be further determined by law. A person analysed below. In the original text of this inherently enjoying his Bahraini law, Ar.cle 10 stated the following: na.onality cannot be stripped of his By order of His Majesty the Ruler, it na.onality except in case of treason, is permissible to revoke the and such other cases as prescribed by Bahraini na.onality from anyone law. who enjoys it in the following cases: Further, Ar:cle 31 of the 2002 Cons:tu:on a. If they entered the military provides that: service of a foreign country The public rights and freedoms stated and remained in it despite the in this Cons.tu.on may only be order issued by the regulated or limited by or in government of Bahrain to accordance with the law, and such leave it, or: regula.on or limita.on may not b. If they aid or are involved in prejudice the essence of the right or the service of an enemy freedom. country, or: Consequently, while the Cons.tu.on does c. If they cause damage to state allow for ci.zenship revoca.ons in very security. limited contexts, it also upholds the right to na.onality and s.pulates that limita.ons of In its original manifesta.on, Ar.cle 10 the right should not undermine the very therefore provided for the revoca.on of essence of the right. na.onality in certain cases, only by order of the King. This provision remained unchanged The Bahraini Na:onality Law of 1963 and un.l 2014. amendments rela:ng to revoca:on of na:onality: This provision, par.cularly paragraph (c), is The 1963 Bahraini Na.onality Law is s.ll in vague and broad, providing the authori.es place today, though it has undergone extensive leeway to target poli.cal 18 | Arbitrary Revoca.on of Na.onality in Bahrain - a Tool of Oppression