{"id":856,"date":"2019-02-06T20:15:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T20:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ielrblog.com\/?p=856"},"modified":"2019-02-11T21:45:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:45:31","slug":"thai-authorities-detain-bahraini-refugee-soccer-player-after-interpol-red-notice-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ielrblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/06\/thai-authorities-detain-bahraini-refugee-soccer-player-after-interpol-red-notice-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Authorities Detain Bahraini Refugee Soccer Player After INTERPOL Red Notice Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hakeem al-Araibi, a 25-year-old refugee soccer player from Bahrain, <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/02\/03\/football\/bahrain-hakeem-al-araibi-court-intl\/index.html\">will remain in<\/a> a Thai jail for at least two months as he prepares to fight an extradition request from his native country.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Araibi claims the Bahraini government arrested and tortured him in 2012 because of his outspoken criticism of the country\u2019s human rights record. Two years later, al-Araibi was sentenced to ten years in absentia for allegedly vandalizing a police station. He fled to Australia as a refugee in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In November, al-Araibi boarded a flight to Bangkok, and Australian authorities alerted Thai officials that the soccer player was the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice issued by Bahrain. Thai police arrested al-Araibi upon his arrival in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Article 3 of INTERPOL\u2019s Constitution expressly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interpol.int\/About-INTERPOL\/Legal-materials\/Neutrality-Article-3-of-the-Constitution\">prohibits<\/a> the international police organization from \u201cundertak[ing] any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.\u201d Several authoritarian governments, such as Russia and Turkey, however, have recently come under fire for their abuse of the red notice system as a tool to punish political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous human rights organizations have criticized the Thai government\u2019s handling of the al-Araibi case. Human Rights Watch has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/01\/29\/thailand-free-bahraini-footballer\">launched<\/a> a digital campaign called \u201c#SaveHakeem\u201d to encourage athletes and the public to write Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to demand al-Araibi\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>For the IELR Blog\u2019s previous coverage on INTERPOL red notice abuse, see <a href=\"https:\/\/ielrblog.com\/?s=interpol\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hakeem al-Araibi, a 25-year-old refugee soccer player from Bahrain, will remain in a Thai jail for at least two months as he prepares to fight an extradition request from his native country. Al-Araibi claims the Bahraini government arrested and tortured him in 2012 because of his outspoken criticism of the country\u2019s human rights record. 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