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Australian Prime Minister calls on Thailand to release Oreibi
CANBERRA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged his Thai counterpart to intervene in the case of detained football player Hakim Oreibi, local media reported Tuesday evening.
Morrison sent a letter to Thai Prime Minister Priut Chan-Ocha demanding the release of the arrested player and his request for extradition to Bahrain, Fairfax press firm said.
Morrison confirmed that the case was very important to him personally and to the Australian people, and that Bayout said his country considered Ureybi a refugee.
The former Bahraini fled to Australia in 2014, where he received a permanent protection visa in late 2017. In November 2018, he and his wife traveled to Thailand for a honeymoon, where he was arrested after to have informed the Thai authorities that he was the subject of an international arrest warrant. .
Al-Oreibi, although having been questioned by Australian authorities before leaving for Thailand, said he would not face legal risks.
Oreibi fears that he will be tortured and imprisoned in his country if he is extradited to Bahrain.
Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid al-Khalifa said the international campaign against Oreibi's extradition from Thailand was an interference in the kingdom's internal affairs.
In a statement issued Monday by the Bahrain News Agency (BNA), "Oreibi is sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison for terrorism and his case has taken an international leeway to influence justice", while no one has the right to increase us, "he said.
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