Thailand Should Return Football Player Refugee To Australia, Not Bahrain

Earlier this week with the world watching, Thailand did the right thing and took action to protect a vulnerable 18-year-old Saudi woman, Rahaf al-Qunun, and stopped her forced return to Kuwait. Right now, there is another young man in Thailand at risk of forced return to Bahrain, where he faces torture and wrongful imprisonment. Expand Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali al-Araibi in detention at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok. © 2018 Private When former Bahrain national team footballer Hakeem al-Araibi and his bride left Melbourne on a honeymoon to Thailand, little did they imagine that Thai authorities…

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