Cov Ntaub Ntawv Xav Tau Ntawm Bahrain Cov Neeg Pov Npav ploj lawm

Bahrainis mus rau kev xaiv tsa hnub no rau qhov thib ob ntawm lub tebchaws kev xaiv tsa dav dav rau 40 lub rooj sib tham ntawm Pawg Neeg Sawv Cev.

Middle East tsis yog lub npe nrov rau kev lees paub kev ywj pheej ntawm nws cov tsoomfwv, tab sis qee zaum cov thawj coj tswj hwm tau sim ua kom muaj kev ncaj ncees los ntawm kev xaiv tsa. Txawm li cas los xij, txawm tias thaum muaj kev pov npav los, cov nom tswv feem ntau raug txwv thiab ntau tus neeg sib tw tso cai sawv ntsug feem ntau txwv nruj.

Hauv Bahrain, ob lub ntsiab lus no nyob hauv qhov chaw, tab sis lwm qhov xav paub ntawm kev xaiv tsa lub hli no yog tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg hauv zos uas tau tso cai pov npav.

Thaum lub tebchaws tau mus xaiv tsa zaum kawg, thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2018, nyob ib ncig ntawm 365,000 Bahrainis tau tso cai pov npav. Lub Kaum Ib Hlis xyoo no, los ntawm qhov sib piv, tus lej tsuas yog qis dua 345,000, qee qhov 6% qis dua. Muab tsis tau muaj kev poob zoo nyob rau hauv cov pej xeem hauv zos, nws yog ib qho kev txheeb xyuas xav paub.

Cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm kev suav pej xeem xyoo 2020 - qhov tsis ntev los no hauv lub tebchaws - yeej qhia tias cov neeg pov npav yuav tsum ntau dua. Lub teb chaws tag nrho cov pej xeem xyoo ntawd yog 1.5 lab, ntawm 712,362 yog Bahrainis. Tus naj npawb ntawm cov pej xeem hauv zos hnub nyoog 20 xyoo lossis tshaj saud (qhov pib rau kev pov npav) xyoo ntawd yog 431,352. Cov pej xeem tau loj hlob me ntsis txij thaum ntawd los, tab sis txawm tias nws tsis tau hloov pauv yuav tsum muaj nyob ib ncig ntawm 86,000 tus neeg ntxiv rau cov neeg xaiv tsa xyoo no.

Cov tub ceev xwm tsis tau piav qhia tias yog vim li cas tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg xaiv tsa tau qis dua li qhov xav tau. Ib daim ntawv thov mus rau Bahrain's Embassy hauv London rau kev piav qhia rau tsab xov xwm no tsis tau teb.

Tsoom fwv cov neeg thuam tseem muaj lus piav qhia.

Los ntawm lub vev xaib ntawm txoj cai lij choj thiab tsab cai tshaj tawm dhau xyoo kaum xyoo dhau los, kev txiav txim siab Al-Khalifa tsev neeg tau tsis tu ncua qhov loj ntawm cov neeg pov npav, yog li ntau txhiab leej tam sim no raug cais tawm ntawm kev pov npav.

Rabab Khaddaj, tus sau ntawm a ceeb toom heev ntawm kev xaiv tsa uas tau tshaj tawm los ntawm Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), tau hais tias "raws li peb cov kev suav, ntawm 94,000 thiab 105,000 tus neeg tau raug cais tawm ntawm pawg neeg pov npav."

Tshawb nrhiav qhov tshwm sim

Cov tub ceev xwm tau tshaj tawm txog 73% hauv thawj qhov kev xaiv tsa thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 12, tab sis yog tias tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg xaiv tsa tau muab piv rau cov neeg laus cov neeg laus - ntau dua li txwv tsis pub cov koom haum tso cai los ntawm cov tub ceev xwm xaiv tsa - ces cov neeg tuaj yeem yuav tej zaum yuav ze rau 58%.

Thaum lub koom haum tseem ceeb ntawm cov nom tswv tawm tsam tau raug tshem tawm los ntawm cov tub ceev xwm, ntau pab pawg tseem tab tom ua haujlwm nyob rau thaj tsam thiab xyoo no lawv tau hais kom lawv cov neeg txhawb nqa los ntawm kev xaiv tsa. Qhov kev vam meej ntawm qhov kev hu no yog qhov nyuaj rau ntsuas, tab sis qhov kev tshwm sim tau tshwm sim qis dua nyob rau sab qaum teb tus thawj tswj hwm, uas muaj keeb kwm tau pom tias yog Shia-dominated, dua li nyob rau yav qab teb Governorate uas Sunnis tau muaj zog dua. Feem coob ntawm Bahrain cov pej xeem yog Shia, tab sis cov thawj coj tseem ceeb feem ntau yog los ntawm cov haiv neeg Shunni, suav nrog tsev neeg Al-Khalifa.

Kev tawm suab yog qhov zoo li ntawd, hauv qee qhov chaw xaiv tsa, cov neeg sib tw tau ua nws mus rau qhov thib ob ntawm kev pov npav tom qab tsuas yog nyiam ob peb puas pov npav, xws li Salman Al-Hooti uas tau ua nws mus rau qhov kev sib tw tom qab tau txais tsuas yog 371 pov npav rau lub rooj zaum thib ob hauv. lub Capital Governorate. Hauv lub rooj zaum thib ob hauv xeev Northern, Jalal Kadhem xav tau tsuas yog 835 tus neeg pov npav los mus xaiv tsa saum toj kawg nkaus nrog 38% ntawm cov pov npav.

Tsis tas li ntawd tseem ceeb yog cov naj npawb ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam tsis zoo, lossis pov npav cuav raws li cov tub ceev xwm Bahraini hu rau lawv. Lawv tag nrho 15,707, lossis 6.2% ntawm tag nrho cov pov npav pov npav - qhov feem ntau ntau dua li cov qauv hauv lwm lub tebchaws.

Criminalized debate

Cov kev xaiv tsa tau kos qee cov lus tseem ceeb los ntawm qee cov neeg saib thoob ntiaj teb. Hauv London, Liberal Democrat Party MP Alistair Carmichael tau hais ntawm ib qho kev tshwm sim hauv Westminster thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 16 tias "Kev xaiv tsa dawb thiab ncaj ncees muaj ntau dua li kev pov npav rau hauv ib lub thawv. Koj yuav tsum muaj ib puag ncig kev nom kev tswv qhov kev sib cav tau tso cai thiab tsis raug txim txhaum cai. Yog tsis muaj kev sib cav yuav ua li cas tib neeg txiav txim siab?

Cov neeg thuam hais tias qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev xaiv tsa yog nyob rau hauv txhua rooj plaub ntawm qhov tseem ceeb me me, vim tias lub hwj chim ntawm lub chamber txwv tsawg npaum li cas. Nws tsis muaj lus hais txog tus thawj nom tswv lossis cov tswvcuab ntawm pawg nom tswv - lawv txhua tus raug xaiv los ntawm Vaj Ntxwv Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa. Thiab thaum nws tuaj yeem hloov kho, hla lossis tsis lees txais txoj cai lij choj, nws tuaj yeem yooj yim stymied los ntawm lub sab sauv sab sauv, Pawg Sab Laj, uas tseem yog tus kav tag nrho.

Lub caij no, ntau tus tsoomfwv cov neeg thuam thuam tseem nyob hauv tsev kaw neeg, suav nrog ob tus neeg Danish-Bahraini pej xeem Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja thiab Hassan Mushaima, Abdulwahab Husain, Sheikh Ali Salman, Sheikh Abduljalil Al-Muqdad thiab Dr Abduljalil Al-Sing.

Nyob rau hauv cov hnub tsis ntev los no, tib neeg txoj cai activist Al-Khawaja tau ntsib kev ua txhaum cai ntxiv txuas nrog kev tawm tsam nws tau ua tom qab raug tsis lees paub txoj cai hu nws cov ntxhais los ntawm Jau Prison, qhov chaw uas nws raug kaw. Cov tub ceev xwm kuj tau foob nws nrog kev ua txhaum xws li thuam tus neeg saib xyuas hauv tsev loj cuj thiab thuam lwm lub xeev, uas yog cov neeg Ixayees.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2022/11/19/the-curious-case-of-bahrains-disappearing-voters/