Bangkok: Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi has begged the Australian government to "keep fighting for me" and stop his extradition to Bahrain on what supporters say are politically-motivated charges.

Sixty-three days after arriving in Thailand for a one week honeymoon with his wife, the Melbourne man - who remains in detention pending an extradition request to his birth country - says "I am not good, I am afraid and alone and I miss my wife".

Detained: Melbourne football player Hakeem Al-Araibi, a Bahraini refugee, has been held in Thailand for months. Credit:AP

In an interview with The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald inside Bangkok's Remand Prison, Araibi spoke about his hopes of starting a family, his desire for freedom, how he misses his adopted city of Melbourne and his fear he will be tortured if the Thai government allows him to be extradited to Bahrain.

"I don’t know why Thailand holds me. Where are my human rights? Why am I here? I am just a footballer, I am young, I don’t know why they keep me," he said.