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Australian rallies call for Thais to free footballer
Associated Press, Published on 01/02/2019
» SYDNEY: Scores of demonstrators rallied in Australia's two largest cities on Friday to demand that Thailand release a detained Bahraini football player who has refugee status in Australia.
Missing refugee wanted by China 'flew to Thailand'
Associated Press, Published on 11/02/2019
» BEIJING: The US Embassy in Beijing says it is following the case of a Chinese-born Kazakh man who had been fighting attempts by Beijing to return him to China from neighbouring Uzbekistan and whose current whereabouts are unknown -- although the Uzbek foreign ministry claimed he flew to Bangkok on Saturday.
Party fields transgender PM candidate
Associated Press, Published on 15/02/2019
» As Pinit Ngarmpring, he was a CEO and sports promoter, well known in the world of Thai soccer. Now, under her preferred new name of Pauline Ngarmpring, she's pursuing a bid to become the country's first transgender prime minister.
Pheu Thai holds first Bangkok rally
Associated Press, Published on 16/02/2019
» Pheu Thai held its first rally in the capital on Friday, as campaigning heats up for the first election since the 2014 military coup.
Australia police say they didn't know Bahraini was refugee
Associated Press, Published on 18/02/2019
» CANBERRA, Australia: Australian Federal Police say they did not know a Bahraini soccer player was a refugee who feared persecution when they alerted Bahrain and Thailand that he was on a flight bound for Bangkok.
Fifa to Prayut: Release Bahraini footballer
Associated Press, Published on 25/01/2019
» World football's nominal leaders have asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the government to release the Bahraini football player embroiled in extradition proceedings despite having refugee status in Australia.
Australia praises Thai action on Saudi runaway
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2019
» Australia's foreign minister praised Thailand on Thursday for its handling of a young Saudi woman who fled her family to seek asylum in Australia, but also reminded it of continuing concern about a Bahraini football player granted asylum in Australia who remains in Thai detention.
Saudi runaway greeted as 'brave new Canadian'
Associated Press, Published on 13/01/2019
» TORONTO: Tired but smiling, the 18-year-old Saudi runaway who said she feared death if deported back home arrived Saturday in Canada, which has offered her asylum in a case that attracted global attention after she mounted a social media campaign in Bangkok.
Father denies abusing fleeing Saudi daughter
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2019
» Police in Thailand say the father of a young Saudi woman who fled her family to seek asylum abroad denies physically abusing her or trying to force her into an arranged marriage, two of the reasons she gave for her flight
Belarusian escort deported
Associated Press, Published on 17/01/2019
» A Belarusian escort who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump president was deported from Thailand on Thursday, police said.