2. Enable the detainees to attend the funeral or mourning ceremonies on the death of one of their
ascendants, descendants, spouse or relatives to the second degree.
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The right of the detainees to health care and treatment
Examine the detainees who suffer from serious or contagious diseases by specialists, as required by
their respective health condition.
Fourth: Right to Citizenship
1. The legislative authority should review the citizenship law to comply with the evolving conditions
of the Bahraini society.
2. Amend the provisions of Decree Law No. 36 of 2015 on the cessation of pension rights and benefits
in case of the withdrawal, loss, or forfeiture of the Bahraini citizenship or acquiring a foreign
nationality without permission.
3. Include the right of Bahraini women to grant the Bahraini citizenship to their children in the
Citizenship Law, in accordance with legal regulations and in line with the relevant international
human rights instruments.
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4. Take legislative measures to grant the children of Bahraini women by a stateless father or a father of
unknown nationality the right to Bahraini citizenship, similar to those who have a Bahraini mother
and unknown father, or whose parentage is not legally proved.
5. Not to forfeit the Bahraini citizenship except in specific and exceptional cases stipulated in the law,
and based on conclusive judicial decisions, provided that no person is rendered stateless in order to
avoid a situation of stateless persons in the community because of its serious damage to stability.
6. Ensure that the forfeiture of citizenship does not extend to the family of the person whose citizenship
is forfeited or who is born subsequent to the forfeiture, in accordance with the principle of personal
punishment.
Fifth: Freedom of opinion and the right to expression and access to information
1. Expedite the issuance of an integrated law on the press, printing, publication and audio-visual,
printed, and electronic media, in line with the international human rights instruments consistent
with the right of individuals to freedom of opinion and expression.
2. Adopt the draft law on guaranteeing the right of access to information, as a key component of the
freedom of opinion and the right to expression and media freedoms.
3. Grant all licensed political associations widest access to broadcast television, radio, and printed
media.
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