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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, Thai prison guards lead Bahraini football player Hakeem al-Araibi from court in Bangkok, Thailand. Human rights groups and former soccer players on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Melbourne, Australia, have called on FIFA and the Australian government to intervene to stop a Melbourne-based refugee and semi-professional soccer player Hakeem from being extradited from Thailand to Bahrain. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Activists demand Thailand release refugee soccer player

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA - Associated Press

Bahraini football player Hakeem al-Araibi, left, answers questions from the waiting journalists as he is brought in to a court in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. A Thai court has ruled that the soccer player who holds refugee status in Australia can be held for 60 days pending the completion of an extradition request by Bahrain, the homeland he fled four years ago on account of alleged political persecution. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai court extends detention of refugee sought by Bahrain

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

Australia wants soccer player out of detention in Bangkok

Associated Press

In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, image from video, Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali AlAraib speaks at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. Australian officials raised with Thai authorities the plight of the Australia-based refugee professional soccer player who was detained in Bangkok and fears deportation to his native Bahrain, Australia's foreign minister said Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Rights groups are urging Thai authorities not to deport AlAraib to his homeland, where he faces imprisonment for what his supporters say are political reasons. AlAraib was detained at the airport on Tuesday. (SBS via AP)

Thailand arrests Bahrain refugee for possible extradition

By PREEYAPA T. KHUNSONG - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, image from video, Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali AlAraib speaks at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. Australian officials raised with Thai authorities the plight of the Australia-based refugee professional soccer player who was detained in Bangkok and fears deportation to his native Bahrain, Australia's foreign minister said Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Rights groups are urging Thai authorities not to deport AlAraib to his homeland, where he faces imprisonment for what his supporters say are political reasons. AlAraib was detained at the airport on Tuesday. (SBS via AP)

FIFA supports case of detained Bahraini soccer player

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