Home / Tag Archives: Refugee footballer pleads Thai authorities not to extradite him to Bahrain

Tag Archives: Refugee footballer pleads Thai authorities not to extradite him to Bahrain

Refugee footballer pleads Thai authorities not to extradite him to Bahrain


February 4, 2019

Football player Hakeem al-Araibi, who has refugee status in Australia, told a Thai court on Monday that he refuses to be voluntarily extradited to Bahrain, which has asked for his return to serve a prison sentence for a crime he denies committing. Al-Araibi’s rejection of extradition means a trial will be held to determine whether Thai authorities will send him …

Read More »