Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi arrives at court in Thailand – video | Sport

Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi arrives at court in Bangkok on Monday, as the campaign against his possible extradition to Bahrain continued.

The former player on Bahrain’s national team has said he fled his home country due to political repression, and human rights groups and activists fear he risks torture if he is sent back.

Bahrain wants him returned to serve a 10-year prison sentence he received in absentia in 2014 for vandalising a police station, which he denies