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Bahrain values Thai ties, says FM
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/02/2019
» Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai says good relations between Thailand and Bahrain helped extricate Thailand from the controversy surrounding the Bahraini extradition request for footballer Hakeem al-Araibi, who has refugee status in Australia.
More carriages needed
News, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2019
» It is gratifying to read about the new transit lines being built in Bangkok.
Refugee footballer makes triumphant return to Australia
Published on 12/02/2019
» MELBOURNE: Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi made a triumphant return to Australia Tuesday, ending a two month ordeal that saw him jailed in Thailand and threatened with forced return to his native Bahrain.
Refugee footballer freed
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/02/2019
» The Criminal Court has freed refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi after Bahrain dropped its extradition request, a public prosecutor said on Monday, following a global outcry over the risks he faced if sent back home.
Refugee footballer freed after Bahrain drops extradition
Published on 11/02/2019
» The Criminal Court has freed refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi after Bahrain dropped its extradition request, a public prosecutor said on Monday, following a global outcry over the risks he faced if sent back home.
Araibi's lawyers mull new bail bid
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/02/2019
» The legal team representing Hakeem al-Araibi, 25, is considering filing a new bail request for the refugee Bahraini footballer on Wednesday, Nadthasiri Bergman, one of the lawyers in the team said Sunday.
Araibi case: own goals all round
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/02/2019
» The contention that Thailand would not have been involved in the controversial case of Hakeem al-Araibi had it not received a red alert notice from Australian Interpol sounded ridiculous when I first heard it. Why would Australia issue an arrest warrant for a person it had granted asylum to?
Face to face with death
News, Postbag, Published on 10/02/2019
» The recent high levels of pollution in Delhi brought us face to face with a near-death situation for which only we are responsible, but which makes easy victims out of all animals and plants.
Student satirists deliver their annual kick
Online Reporters, Published on 09/02/2019
» Colourful floats took aim at politics, pollution and persecution at the annual Thammasat-Chula football match on Saturday afternoon at the National Stadium in Bangkok.
Think of the tourists
News, Postbag, Published on 09/02/2019
» Surasak Glahan in his Feb 7 commentary, "Justice system still shackled by politics", hit the nail on the head. Thailand as we all know has a bad human rights record. I can only blame the people who are handling this case, which I am sorry to say will harm Thailand in the long run, with a loss in the number of tourists. I would like to know the number of Bahraini tourists versus Australian tourists coming to Thailand. I would dare say there are more Australians.