Hakim Oreibi: Thai court renews 60-day detention to re-examine Bahraini player's request for transfer to his country

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 was playing in Australia after being granted asylum, was in Thailand for her 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 permanently in Australia and was arrested in Thailand, where he spent his honeymoon in Bangkok, the capital, in November, following a press release. INTERPOL issued at the request of De Bahrain.

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

According to human rights organizations, the Bahraini authorities reportedly tortured Oreibi because of his brother's political activity during the 2011 Arab Spring uprising.

The Bahraini government denies the charges.

Head of the Department of International Affairs of the Attorney General's Office of Thailand, Chachom Akabin, said the bureau believed Bahrain's request was in compliance with the law on deportation to Thailand.

"This problem is not political, it is criminal," Chachom told the Reuters news agency.

"Bahrain has evidence, Hakim Oreibi's criminal offenses, and if he does not want to return to his country, he has to appeal to justice, and it will take months."

Oreibi was sentenced in Bahrain for sabotaging a police station and sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison.

The footballer denies any wrongdoing, claiming that he was playing a football match broadcast live at the time of the alleged sabotage.

Baryut Chan Ocha, the Prime Minister's wife, appealed to his wife that she not deport her husband to Bahrain, saying that he would face imprisonment, to torture and eventually to death.

The Thai Attorney General's office downplayed the danger that Oreibi would face when he was returned to Bahrain.

"There is no evidence that he will be tortured when he returns to his country, so he can defend himself and defend himself in court," said Chacchum.