INDEPENDENT UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES BAHRAIN TO STOP PERSECUTING SHI'A MUSLIMS

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From: UNNews <UNNews@un.org>
Date: 24 Apr 2014 13:00:00 -0400
Subject: INDEPENDENT UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES BAHRAIN TO STOP
PERSECUTING SHI'A MUSLIMS
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INDEPENDENT UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES BAHRAIN TO STOP PERSECUTING
SHI'A MUSLIMSNew York, Apr 24 2014 1:00PMAn independent United
Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of Bahrain to
stop the harassment and persecution of a Shi'a Muslim leader who was
reportedly forced to leave the country following threats from State
security agents to arrest him and his son.

Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or
belief, said he received reliable information that Hussain Mirza
Abdelbaqi Najati was forced to leave for Lebanon on 23 April after
being exposed to "enormous pressure and harassment" by Bahrain
authorities.

"Targeting the most senior and influential Shi'a religious figure in
Bahrain may amount to intimidating and thus discriminating against the
entire Shi'a Muslim community in the country because of its religious
beliefs," the expert stated in a
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14533&LangID=E">news
release.

From a statement issued yesterday on the website of Bahrain's Ministry
of Interior, it appears, the news release said, that the decision
revoking Mr. Najati's Bahraini citizenship and the orders to expel him
from the country may have been made due to his position as a senior
and influential religious authority among Shi'a believers, who make up
the majority of the country's population.

"I have expressed to the Government of Bahrain my grave concerns at
what appears to be an act of religiously motivated discrimination,
which would seem to impose unjustified restrictions on Mr. Najati's
fundamental human rights, including his right to practice and profess
peacefully his religious beliefs," Mr. Bielefeldt stressed, warning
that the case may have far-reaching implications for the Shi'a Muslim
community in the country.

Mr. Najati is one of 31 individuals whose Bahraini citizenship was
revoked by the Ministry in November 2012, a decision that rendered him
stateless. The Special Rapporteur urged the Government to reverse its
decision, which he said appears to be arbitrary, and to facilitate Mr.
Najati's return from Lebanon.

"International law, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, prohibits arbitrary deprivation of nationality, including on
religious grounds," he noted. "Discrimination on the grounds of
religion or belief constitutes a violation of human rights and
fundamental freedoms."

"I understand that Mr. Najati has consistently refrained from engaging
into politics, and has maintained his position and activities strictly
in the realm of his religion," Mr. Bielefeldt stated.

"He is not known to have advocated violence or its use, or to have
committed acts that would undermine national security or public order,
nor has he been charged or sentenced for committing such acts."

Independent experts or special rapporteurs are appointed by the
Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a
country situation or a specific human rights theme. The positions are
honorary and the experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their
work.Apr 24 2014 1:00PM
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