Withdrawal of Emirati citizenship from 6 people for their involvement in harming state security

An official source in the General Administration of Nationality, Residency and Ports Affairs stated that His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, issued on Muharram 9, 1433 AH, corresponding to December 4, 2011, Order No. 2/1/7857… ordering the withdrawal of state citizenship from all of the following:

1- Hussein Munif Abdullah Hassan Al-Jabri.. / granted state citizenship by naturalization on 5/24/1976/.

2- Hassan Munif Abdullah Hassan Al-Jabri.. / granted state citizenship by naturalization on 5/24/1976/.

3- Ibrahim Hassan Ali Hassan Al Marzouqi…/granted state citizenship by naturalization on 3/11/1979/.

4- Shaheen Abdullah Mal Allah Haider Al Hosani.. / granted state citizenship by naturalization on 11/18/1976/.

5 – Ali Hussein Ahmed Ali Al Hammadi.. / granted state citizenship by naturalization on 6/3/1986/.

6- Muhammad Abd al-Razzaq Muhammad al-Siddiq al-Ubaidli…/granted state citizenship by naturalization on 7/19/1976/.

This is because they carry out actions that constitute a threat to the security and safety of the state.

The source explained that those mentioned originally held the nationalities of other countries, and that the competent authorities granted them nationality by naturalization.

The source added that over the past years, they have worked to carry out actions that threaten the national security of the United Arab Emirates through their association with suspicious regional and international organizations and personalities. Some of them have also been linked to suspicious organizations and associations included in the United Nations lists related to combating the financing of terrorism.

The source said that Article 16 of the Nationality Law No. 17 of 1972 and the law amending it stipulates that citizenship is revoked from a naturalized person “if he commits an act that is considered a threat to the security and safety of the state or attempts to do so.”

The responsible source in the General Administration of Nationality, Residence and Ports Affairs confirmed at the conclusion of his statement that making this decision is considered a sovereign act of the state.