A Bahrain court on Tuesday revoked the citizenship of 115 people at a mass terrorism trial, the most to lose their nationality at any one time, amid a yearslong crackdown on all dissent in the island kingdom. Bahrain long has accused Iran of stoking dissent in the country, something Tehran just as long has denied. Activists said the sentencing raised the number of those who have lost their citizenship since the 2012 to over 700. But since April 2016, Bahrain has engaged in a new crackdown on dissent, overturning reforms that blocked civilians from being tried in military courts. It has shut down political parties, arrested political activists and forced others into exile.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2018 13:41 UTC