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Rights groups urge Thailand to release Hakeem Al-Araibi

NEWS: Fifty-seven groups have signed an open letter urging the Thai government to release detained refugee footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi.

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A coalition of Thai human rights and civil liberties groups, academics and leading legal figures have called on the Thai government to release refugee footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi.

In an open letter to the government, the 57 signatories said the government should not deport Al-Araibi on two legal and human rights grounds. They also called for him to be granted bail.

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