The Case of Ibrahim Karimi Mr. Ibrahim Karimi was one of the first group the GoB and he was imprisoned for three of 31 people to be stripped of their months, during which he reportedly was ci.zenship in 2012. tortured and ill-treated by prison officials. Shortly aNer being released, he was deported Mr. Karimi has been arbitrarily arrested without any legal measures or jus.fica.on, several .mes by the Bahraini authori.es for and with no official papers. Mr. Karimi exercising his right to freedom of expression, remained in exile for 21 years, living between associa.on, and peaceful assembly. In Lebanon and Europe, un.l he returned to February 1981, he was arrested and detained Bahrain in 2002, when the King announced for par.cipa.ng in peaceful protests against reforms, including a general amnesty. of the individuals had any previous During the 2011 Bahraini uprising, Mr. Karimi communica.ons on the mater of this was arrested by the Na.onal Security Agency decision, nor had they been subject to any on 14 April and detained for two months in a inves.ga.ons or even ques.oning. Na.onal Security Agency prison in the basement of Qal’a Prison, where he was, Mr. Karimi appealed the decision through his again, allegedly tortured and ill-treated. He lawyer Mohammed Isa Al-Tajir, on 28 was accused of spreading false rumours and February 2013. The lawyer stated at the .me incitement to hatred against the regime, and that the revoca.on of na.onality decision he was sentenced to a year in prison. ANer was derived solely from the Interior Minister, appealing the decision, Mr. Karimi was and that no consulta.on was held with the acquited aNer spending eleven months in King, making the decision itself unlawful, as it prison. was issued by an authority that had no powers or delegated authority to pass such a ANer Mr. Karimi was released from prison in decision under the legal framework at the April 2012, he heard via the media about the .me. On 29 April 2014, the First Civil Court Interior Minister’s decision to strip him and denied the appeal of Mr. Karimi, on the basis 30 other individuals of their na.onality. None that the government has the full right to 35 | Arbitrary Revoca.on of Na.onality in Bahrain - a Tool of Oppression