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He was arrested in Bahrain in 2012 and accused of rioting and attacking a police station – even though the alleged events appear to have happened at a time when he was playing football, shown live on television. He and his brother were arrested, tried, put in prison for three months and tortured.

In 2017 Araibi told The New York Times: “They blindfolded me. They held me really tight and one started to beat my legs really hard saying: You will not play soccer again. We will destroy your future”. Araibi was able to escape but his brother is still in prison in Bahrain.

The circumstances of him now being in a Thai jail cell are both tragic and unjust. He and his wife arrived in Thailand for their honeymoon in what should have been one of the happiest days of his life. Instead he was arrested on arrival at Bangkok international airport. Thai authorities are set to extradite him to Bahrain where he has been found guilty in absentia for a crime he did not commit. The sentence is 10 years in jail.

Extraditing Araibi back to a country where he faces being tortured or killed is unfathomable. As Australians, we cannot stand by idly watching as someone we gave safety to, knowing he was in danger, is now detained in Thailand and faced with being returned to a country where torture and death await him. We have an obligation to do all we can to keep him safe.