Australian football executives meet Bahraini royal over detained footballer Hakeem al-Araibi

Exclusive: The meeting comes more than 40 days after the Australian-based refugee was detained in Thailand

Australia’s football federation executives have finally met with the president of the Asian Football Confederation and Bahraini royal, Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa, more than 40 days after Hakeem al-Araibi was detained in Thailand.

Al-Araibi is a Bahraini dissident who has lived in Australia for four years, and is a permanent resident with refugee status on the basis of his fear of persecution in Bahrain.

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