The Human Impact of Nationality Revocation: The Case of Dr. Masaud M Jahromu One of the reasons that na.onality documents, and no country to be removed revoca.on is such a powerful tool in the to, places them and their dependants in a hands of authoritarian regimes is that posi.on of extreme precarity, at the mercy of na.onality is a gateway right: na.onality the very powers that have put them in this makes it easier to access and enjoy other situa.on through arbitrary means. rights, and also facilitates access to jus.ce when denied these rights. In prac.ce, by The prac.ce leaves people unable to access depriving someone of their ci.zenship, a many basic services, from healthcare to state can efficiently deny enjoyment of other housing, finance, and educa.on. It means rights: poli.cal, civil, social, economic, and total exclusion from public life and has been cultural. Further, their lack of na.onality (due compared to social death. The prac.ce does to revoca.on) can be used to jus.fy rights not just affect individuals only, but en.re viola.ons and build narra.ves of the families, including children, who have been individuals being foreign agents or traitors. deprived of their na.onality by associa.on. It Moreover, na.onality depriva.on, when also affects future genera.ons: new-born combined with the confisca.on of passports children of those stripped of their na.onality and other documents, can have the effect of are at risk of statelessness and its enforcing ‘illegality’ on the individual. Their consequences, and their stateless status may very existence, not as ci.zens who have a in turn be inherited by their future right to live in their country, but as stateless descendants. foreigners with no legal residence status, no he and his family have been put through as a Our research team spoke to Dr. Masaud M. consequence of his na.onality being Jahromi, who shared with us the ordeal that arbitrarily revoked. Below is his story. 12 | Arbitrary Revoca.on of Na.onality in Bahrain - a Tool of Oppression