Bahrain reveals way to escape the wanted player, Hakim Oreibi, from Qatar to Iran

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Bahrain declined to question the fairness of its case in the context of the case of the Bahraini refugee in Australia, Hakim Oreibi, whose arrest in Thailand has sparked many reactions around the world.

Bahraini Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said in a statement received by CNN: "We can not in any way allow ourselves to interfere in our internal affairs and to cast doubt on the situation. impartiality of Bahrain's independent judiciary Oreibi ".

In his statement, the minister stated that "the sentenced to ten years imprisonment in a terrorist case is a Bahraini citizen whose case has an international role aimed at influencing justice", a- he added. .

The Bahraini minister revealed that the court had released the BD 100 bail player when renewing his detention, adding that he had not been banned from traveling and that he was not allowed to travel. he had traveled to Qatar with the Bahraini team to visit Iran and had never returned there.

Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah said that the player "had all the rights and all the possibilities and abilities to defend himself in this case, which saw the acquittal of several people involved in the facts," the statement said.

The Bahraini minister said that "the most striking thing" was that an Australian team would contract the player involved in a "terrorist case dating back to 2012, which is a willful fire, possession of flammable packages and the destruction of property. public and private ".

Sheikh Rashid pointed out that the prosecutor's office was responsible for monitoring the player's file after issuing an arrest warrant against him through Interpol, procedure that the minister considered "in accordance with" respect for the Kingdom of Bahrain and its commitment to international charters and conventions ".

The Bahraini Minister pointed out that the arrest of Oreibi had taken place in Thailand and revealed that legal proceedings were under way to recover him and that the execution of the sentence handed down by the Court of Appeal was appeal and discrimination.

Oreibi got asylum in Australia and played in an Australian club before being arrested in Thailand after spending her holidays there. Australia uses all her legal papers for her release and her return, while Bahrain insists on its recovery.