Thai court reinstates Baha'i football player for 60 days

A Thai court renewed the detention of Bahraini footballer Hakim Oreibi for another 60 days to investigate his extradition to Bahrain, where he was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison.

The court refused to release him on bail and said that she would consider his case late April.

Thailand has received a request from Bahrain, expelling Ureybi, last Tuesday.

Oreibi, who plays football in Australia after getting there, was in Thailand for his honeymoon.

Oreibi was arrested after Bahrain asked Interpol to arrest him and charge him with charges of attacking a police station.
Oreibi denies all charges against him and includes acts of sabotage. The request for extradition should be challenged.

Thai lawyer Nadhataseer Bergman, Ureybi's attorney, said the latter would present evidence in court, confirming his refusal to extradite him to Bahrain.

The case prompted the Australian Prime Minister, as well as the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) to ask Thailand to release Oreibi and send him back to Australia on the grounds that he might be in danger. to be tortured in Bahrain.

Oreibi left Bahrain in 2014 to settle later in Australia, where he spent his honeymoon in Bangkok last November, following an INTERPOL communiqué issued to the request from Bahrain. .

INTERPOL subsequently canceled the communication, but Thailand continued to arrest Ureybi and urged Bahrain to receive it.