News and Events in the Las Vegas Thai Community
Interpol granted a red notice against refugee Hakeem al-Araibi in contradiction of its own regulations, just weeks before he travelled to Thailand on holidays, where he was arrested. Al-Araibi, a…
A political refugee who spoke out against a powerful ruling family in the Gulf moved one step closer on Tuesday to being extradited to his native Bahrain by the Thai…
The federal government has called for an Australian-based football player and refugee to be released immediately from detention in Thailand. Hakeem Al-Araibi had gone to Thailand for a holiday with…
(Meredith/WSMV) — A juvenile court probation officer in Nashville is now facing charges for allegedly abusing a 16-year-old male probationer. According to officials with the Metro Nashville Police Dept., sex…
Bahraini dissident refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi has been told he will appear in a Thai court on Friday morning for a hearing to decide on Bahrain’s extradition request. Al-Araibi fled Bahrain…
BANGKOK — The trip to Thailand was meant to be a belated honeymoon for a young soccer player and his wife. But upon landing at a Bangkok airport last week,…
Thai immigration authorities have claimed Bahrain requested the arrest of a dissident before he arrived in Bangkok for a holiday, raising concerns that the Australian resident was under surveillance. Hakeem…
My father, Richard Hopkins, who has died of a heart attack aged 68, was a talented music teacher, musical director, pianist and organist. He lived for most of his life…
An Interpol red notice for Australian resident and Bahraini refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi has been lifted but Thai authorities are continuing to hold him in detention until they decide which country…
There are fears an Australian-based refugee could swiftly be deported to Bahrain from Thailand, after the man’s wife said she was told by local immigration authorities he had been “taken”…
A professional footballer from Bahrain who was granted refugee status in Australia after reportedly being tortured in his home country has been arrested in Thailand and told he faces extradition.…
A refugee football player who was hoping to return to Australia over the weekend after being arrested in Thailand has been put into detention instead and is facing deportation to…