Author: Shahid Bolsen

I am writing to you concerning the current situation of Hakeem Alaraib in Thailand. The detention and ongoing extradition proceedings in Thailand of Hakeem Alaraib raise a number of serious issues for Australians as well as for expats worldwide. Hakeem was granted asylum by Australia after a thorough vetting process (one of the most stringent…

The recent statement by a spokesman for the government of Bahrain regarding the case of Hakeem Alaraibi, intended to assure the international community, only heightens our concern for his safety if Thailand chooses to extradite him. Bahrain is notorious for inventing criminal charges against dissidents and human rights activists in the country; prosecuting them for…