💡📝 Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC writes new blog: The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025

Adrian examines The Act, which recently came into force on 27 October 2025.

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The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025 The Deprivation of Citizenship (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025 received the Royal Assent on 27 October 2025 and came into force the same day. It had been introduced in the House of Commons on 19 Ju…

The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025
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Algerian Lawmakers Consider Stripping Citizenship from Nationals Abroad Algeria’s parliament is reviewing a bill that would let the state revoke citizenship from nationals who commit acts deemed hostile to the country while living abroad. Critics warn the measure weaponiz...

Private members bill proposed in #Algeria to strip citizenship from nationals outside the country considered by government authorities to be working against Algeria’s core interests or persisting in “disloyalty.” #citizenshipdeprivation
north-africa.com/algerian-law...

The Resurgence of Large-scale Deprivation of Nationality: The Case of Kuwait [Eric Fripp is a Barrister at 36 Public & Human Rights, part of the 36 Group, Gray’s Inn, London and Senior Visiting Fellow for the Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University …

Eric Fripp @opiniojuris.bsky.social on deprivation of nationality in Kuwait #citizenshipdeprivation opiniojuris.org/2025/10/21/t...

Chad’s Weaponization of Citizenship On September 17 the Chadian authorities published a decree purporting to strip blogger Makaila Nguebla and journalist Charfadine Galmaye Saleh of their nationality. The move marks a chilling escalatio...

Chad joins the Central/West African states taking to #citizenshipdeprivation as a way of silencing critics @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

From “golden passports” to unconstitutional revocations of citizenship Cyprus is attempting to correct one scandal with an even greater institutional mistake.Cyprus entered the European Union with promises of credibility and stability. This accession was accompanied by t...

"Cyprus is attempting to correct one scandal with an even greater institutional mistake" #citizenshipbyinvestment #citizenshipdeprivation
in-cyprus.philenews.com/opinion/from...

Tchad: deux activistes critiques du pouvoir déchus de la nationalité tchadienne Le président tchadien Mahamat Idriss Déby a déchu mercredi par décret deux activistes tchadiens établis en France, dénonçant leur virulence envers le pouvoir et les accusant d’intelligence avec des pu...

Two Chadian activists resident in France deprived of their Chadian nationality #citizenshipdeprivation
afrique.le360.ma/politique/tc...

Joint Committee on Human Rights: Accountability for Daesh crimes The Joint Committee on Human Rights has called for a reset in the UK’s approach to investigating and prosecuting international crimes such as genocide. It has also called for a change in the law to al...

UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights report on accountability for Daesh crimes includes call for greater oversight of #citizenshipdeprivation powers (& greater openness to #universaljurisdiction prosecutions) (to be debated in HoL 9 Sept)
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/joint-commit...

The Begum Legacy: the Supreme Court further tightens the reins on citizenship deprivation appeals - UK Human Rights Blog By guest contributor Saira Turner In U3 (AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] UKSC 19, the Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal against a decision taken by the Special ...

Analysis of UK Supreme Court decision in U3 dismissing appeal against #citizenshipdeprivation on the basis of national security and refusal of entry clearance to formerly British (and Moroccan) woman + 3 children ukhumanrightsblog.com/2025/06/27/t...

’They targeted mothers’: Kuwait strips thousands of citizenship Tens of thousands of people, mostly women, have been stripped of Kuwaiti citizenship in a sweeping campaign critics say targets those without blood ties

#Kuwait #citizenshipdeprivation: “The latest campaign abolishes naturalisation by marriage, which only applied to women, and revokes citizenship granted to wives since 1987. Official data shows 38,505 women were naturalised by marriage from 1993 to 2020.” www.newarab.com/news/they-ta...

German Proposal to Strip Citizenship Endangers Human Rights A leaked paper reveals that Germany’s conservative political parties want to add a clause to Germany’s Nationality Law to allow the country to revoke German nationality from dual nationals if they are...

@HRW on proposals to expand #citizenshipdeprivation in Germany www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

Prominent figures among 42,000 stripped of Kuwaiti citizenship Kuwaiti authorities have been revoking the citizenships of thousands of citizens accused of "forgery" and "dual citizenship".

Meanwhile: Kuwait's mass #citizenshipdeprivation campaign grows #statelessness
www.newarab.com/news/promine...

Kuwait Cancels 66 Citizenship Files Over Single Syrian-Led Forgery Case

Kuwait revokes the citizenship of 66 individuals based on (alleged) fraudulent acquisition of citizenship by a single person. #citizenshipdeprivation

German Proposal to Strip Citizenship Endangers Human Rights A leaked paper reveals that Germany’s conservative political parties want to add a clause to Germany’s Nationality Law to allow the country to revoke German nationality from dual nationals if they are...

@hrw.org Germany: CDU/CSU conservative political parties propose amendment to nationality code to permit the deprivation of German nationality from dual nationals if they are deemed “supporters of terrorism, antisemites and extremists.” #citizenshipdeprivation www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

“Suspension of Citizenship” in the Hungarian Constitution: On Statelessness, Bull**** and Authoritarian Lawmaking An ancient and beloved Hungarian folktale is the story of King Matthias and the Clever Girl. According to the story, King Matthias the Just, who often wandered about Hungary in disguise to see how the...

@peterszigeti.bsky.social on the Hungarian government's proposal to introduce the possibility of 'suspending' a person's citizenship: "As a matter of legal doctrine... both unprecedented and barely intelligible." #citizenshipdeprivation
www.ejiltalk.org/suspension-o...

When Nations Unmake Citizens: A History of Denaturalization - IMI - Investment Migration Insider The ability to revoke citizenship is among the most powerful tools a state wields, a practice documented from ancient to contemporary times

Historical roundup of #citizenshipdeprivation by the 'investment migration insider' www.imidaily.com/analysis/whe...

The Gulf state purging tens of thousands of its citizens Kuwait has stripped nationality from 42,000 people after suspending the region’s only parliament last year

42,000 (!!) Kuwaitis stripped of their citizenship in just over six months #citizenshipdeprivation (gift link) on.ft.com/3DhetEB

@berryadrianc.bsky.social on UK Court of Appeal finding that #citizenshipdeprivation on grounds of fraud was not disproportionate, urging the appeal to consider citizenship not as an immigration status but as "membership of the legal and political community of people who belong to the UK"

Clutton-Brock loses his citizenship

News from New Year 1971: anti-racism campaigner Guy Clutton Brock deprived of Rhodesian citizenship #citizenshipdeprivation www.herald.co.zw/clutton-broc...

Kuwait amends Article 16 of Nationality Law with new decree KUWAIT CITY, Dec 31: Decree-Law No. 158 of 2024 has been issued, amending Article (16) of Amiri Decree No. 15 of 1959, which relates to the Kuwaiti Nationality...

Kuwait - amendment decree provides that deprivation of citizenship for national security or for acquiring another citizenship results in revocation of all benefits enjoyed as a citizen - but may be retained in other cases #citizenshipdeprivation www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwait-...

Kuwait Revokes 12,000 Citizenships in Three Months - IMI - Investment Migration Insider The latest wave of revocations includes 2,863 dual citizenship holders as Kuwait launches a hotline for reporting dual citizens.

Kuwait cracking down on those who have allegedly acquired or retained citizenship of another country - as well as making naturalisation more difficult #dualcitizenship #citizenshipdeprivation www.imidaily.com/mena/kuwait-...

Gupta son's South African citizenship revoked | City Press The son of fugitive Ajay Gupta has lost his South African citizenship.

South Africa: Son of one of the infamous Gupta brother (naturalised in suspicious circumstances by Pres Zuma and already deprived of citizenship by the new government) also has naturalisation revoked #citizenshipdeprivation www.news24.com/citypress/ne...