Australia claims the release of a Bahraini player arrested in Thailand

Australian Foreign Minister Mariz Payne has formally asked Thailand to release Bahraini footballer Hakim Oreibi, who has been detained in the Asian country but has been living in Australia since 2017 as a refugee three years earlier.

"Australia is worried about the arrest of Ureybi and demands that he be returned immediately to Australia," the minister said in a statement. "A wise return to Bahrain from which he fled would violate his rights under international human rights law.

For his part, Paskil, who plays with Ureybi, issued a statement urging him to protect Ureybi's "fundamental rights of security and freedom" and not to hand him over to Bahrain, which he He "escaped prosecution". "Hakim has started a new life in Australia, Decisive Player" for the team through his "enthusiasm and resilience".

Hakim arrived in Bangkok on November 27th from Melbourne with his wife to spend holidays, but was stopped at the airport following an order from Interpol after 10 years in detention. . The charges that the player considered fabricated, pointing out that during the same period as the attack of the section, had taken place abroad in a football tournament and that the charges that had been attributed to him of the fact its participation in the events in 2012.

(New Arab)