interna.onal human rights obliga.ons”. The By a decree based on the proposal of statement also added that: “Various UN the Minister of Interior and aNer the human rights mechanisms have repeatedly approval of the Council of Ministers, called on Bahrain to take specific steps to the Bahraini na.onality may be revoked amend its counter-terrorism legisla.on, and from anyone who enjoys it in any of the to ensure that ci.zenship is not revoked following cases: except in accordance with interna.onal a. If they enter the military service of standards and under independent judicial a foreign country and remain in it review.”16 despite the order issued by the government of the Kingdom of Law No. 21 of 2014 amending the Bahraini Na:onality Law of 1963: Bahrain to leave it. b. If they aid or engage in the service One of the main features of this law, is the amendment to Ar.cle 10 of the 1963 of an enemy country. c. If they cause harm to the interests Na.onality Law. Accordingly, a royal of the Kingdom or act in a manner decree on stripping of ci.zenship can be that contradicts the duty of loyalty issued based on a proposal by the Minister to it. of Interior, who must act with Cabinet approval. As a result of this amendment, While paragraphs (a) and (b) are similar to the Cabinet, through the Minister of the original Ar.cle 10(a) and Ar.cle 10(b) of Interior, has the power to revoke the Bahraini Na.onality Law of 1963 – na.onality, pending the ra.fica.on of the mirroring the previous powers of the King King. The amended Ar.cle 10 is stated as under the original Act – paragraph (c) of the follows: amendment is vaguer and broader than the original Ar.cle 10(c), affording, on the face of it, wider discre.on to the Minister of Interior, 16 Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, ‘UN human rights chief deeply concerned by mass terrorism convic.ons in Bahrain’, (2019) <htps://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx? NewsID=24502&LangID=E> accessed 3 May 2021 21 | Arbitrary Revoca.on of Na.onality in Bahrain - a Tool of Oppression