trial on the charge of “par.cipa.ng in an the Kingdom or act in a manner that unlicensed protest”. He was released on bail contradicts the duty of loyalty to it.” aNer the second hearing. Ten months later, This decision revoked the na.onality of the court sentenced him to four months in academics, human rights ac.vists, poli.cal prison. It is widely believed that the real ac.vists and religious scholars without any mo.ve behind Dr. Jahromi’s arrest and legal process or trial. What these individuals torture was his posi.on as an academic who had in common was their boycot of the 2014 supports human rights and partakes in parliamentary elec.ons and their opposi.on ac.vism for social and cultural jus.ce. ANer to the government. Dr. Jahromi and seven serving his sentence, Dr. Jahromi returned to others appealed the decision before the First his work and pursued an academic life, away Major Civil Court. The Court rejected the from the media and poli.cal ac.vi.es. He appeal on 7 December 2015 on the basis that had no poli.cal ac.vity, even on social the government is fully within its rights to media, un.l the 2014 parliamentary assess threats to the integrity and stability of elec.ons, which he decided to boycot, like its internal and external security, and the many other Bahrainis. issuance or revoca.on of ci.zenship is not subject to judicial oversight. ANer being circulated on social media on 31 January 2015, the official Decree No. 8 of On 5 February, the date on which the Decree 2015 was published in the Gazete on 5 was published in the Gazete, Dr. Jahromi was February 2015. This contained a list of 72 summoned by the Immigra.on and Passports Bahraini na.onals whose na.onality had Department to hand over his passport and ID been revoked, including Masaud Jahromi. card. He was also asked to sign a pledge The Decree stated that the na.onality of the sta.ng that his atendance is obligatory upon 72 individuals was revoked on the basis of request, and within two weeks, a decision Ar.cle 10(c) of the Bahraini Na.onality Law must be taken: either to leave Bahrain or of 1963 amended by Law No. 21 of 2014, change his residency status. This meant that which allows na.onality depriva.on for his Iranian wife, Mrs. Elham Shakeri, was also persons who “cause harm to the interests of liable to be deported from Bahrain because 14 | Arbitrary Revoca.on of Na.onality in Bahrain - a Tool of Oppression