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‘He is a free man’: Thailand releases refugee Bahraini footballer after extradition bid dropped

February 11, 2019 straitstimes Leave a Comment

BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand yesterday freed a jailed refugee Bahraini footballer with residency status in Australia after Bahrain abandoned its bid to seek his extradition – and immigration officials said he was immediately driven to the airport. Mr Hakeem al-Araibi, 25, who fled Bahrain in 2014 and received refugee status in Australia, was arrested in November last year at a Bangkok airport while on a honeymoon trip, following an Interpol notice issued at Bahrain’s request. However, the Middle East nation has withdrawn the request, prompting a Thai court to approve a motion by prosecutors to drop the case against the footballer, Thai officials said. “There are no grounds to hold him anymore. It is his right to decide where he will go next. He is a free man,” said Mr Chatchom Akapin, an official in the Thai Attorney-General’s office. A Reuters witness said Mr Araibi was seen leaving the Bangkok remand prison in a car and immigration officials said he was heading for the main international airport in the Thai capital. Rights group Amnesty International, which lobbied for his release, later said Mr Araibi had arrived at the airport. It was not immediately clear when or why Bahrain withdrew its request. A Bahrain government spokesman declined to give details when asked who ordered the halt of the legal proceedings. However, authorities in Bahrain, which has accused Mr Araibi of crimes committed during the Arab Spring protests of 2011, said the country reaffirmed its right to pursue legal action against him…. [Read full story]




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