4. Conclusion
After analyzing the names of most individuals who had their citizenship
revoked, the researcher determined that they had a common
similarity in that they have activism in media, human rights, political
activities, and government criticism. Thus, the Bahraini government’s
motivations are intimidation, persecution, and repression. This report
aimed to provide a social and anthropological aspect of the
consequences of revoking nationalities or those born stateless in
Bahrain. The report emphasized that being born stateless has
strongly affected how they identify their identity, existence, and
belonging in their community. The absence of Nationality has resulted
in their status being unrecognized and has affected their dignity.
The stateless individuals interviewed in this report define nationality as
safety, security, dignity, respect, and being recognized by a state.
The individuals whose nationality was revoked by the King of Bahrain
or the Court feel they belong to Bahrain, and they did not defend their
identity as they believe that their roots in Bahrain are more than 600
years old and arbitrary and political decisions cannot influence their
identity. This report concluded that customs and traditions represent
identity, and the citizenship rights that were arbitrarily revoked did not
affect or harm that identity. This report concluded that the revocation
of nationalities doesn’t have any influence on identity because it is
connected to the roots that bind these individuals to Bahrain.
The report concluded that the practice of revocation of nationality and
deprivation of some individuals of their nationality has a political and
religious discriminatory motivation. To sum up, this report found that
being born stateless significantly impacts their identity and belonging.
Still, persons whose nationalities were revoked for political reasons
have a modest negative effect on defining their identity or belonging.
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