Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday he was “disturbed” to see Bahraini refugee footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi in shackles in Thailand and had told its prime minister this was a serious issue for Australians, reported Reuters.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has told reporters not to "jump to conclusions" regarding the verdict of detained refugee footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi after an extradition hearing began in Bangkok court on Monday.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a letter to the Thai authorities on December 7, 2018 expressing deep concern over the attempt to extradite Bahraini refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi to Manama against his will.

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress urged Bahraini authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja.

A Thai news site aired clips from the trial hearing of Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi in Bangkok, which took place amid presence of diplomatic and football figures, followed by a major media campaign on social networking sites.

The Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR) said FIFA should impose sanctions on both Bahrain and Thailand in the case of Bahraini football player Hakeem Al-Araibi.

Bahraini authorities arrested the father of martyr Sayed Hashim, Haj Ali Hammam, Abdullah Al-Muallem and Ibrahim Hilal on Tuesday (February 5, 2019) from the courtroom to serve a prison sentence between six months and one year.

Football Federation Australia have ramped up their campaign to free jailed Bahraini refugee player Hakeem Al Araibi and pledged A$10,000 ($7,263) on Tuesday to kickstart a fundraising drive to help efforts to have him returned to Australia from Thailand.

Minister of Information Affairs Ali bin Mohammed Al-Rumaihi issued a decision assigning director of human resources and finance Abdullah Khalil Bouhaji to perform the work of the Director General of the Bahrain News Agency, in addition to his functions starting February 3, 2019.

The Supreme Civil Court of Appeal rejected an appeal of a group of lawyers against the decision of the administrative court regarding the rejection of the appeal on the oil price raise and upheld the verdict of the first-instance court.

The Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marise Payne reiterated her calls for the Thai Government to release Hakeem Al-Araibi home to Australia to be with his friends and family following his extradition hearing.

The Head of the Hoora police station announced the arrest of a number of suspects for committing burglaries in Manama Souq shops and stealing cash and expensive items.

A refugee footballer fighting an extradition request pleaded for his freedom Monday, saying "please don't send me to Bahrain" as he arrived in shackles at a Bangkok court, which extended his detention by another two months.

Bahraini Finance Minister Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said the deficit in the general budget dropped 35% last year.

The wife of the Bahraini footballer and refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi has written to leaders in Canada and New Zealand about his arrest that the authorities'' intention to extradite him to Bahrain, the British The Guardian reported.

Former Australian captain Craig Foster said that Bahrain's timing of its unjust demand to the Thai court to extradite Hakeem Al-Araibi demonstrates the contemptuousness with which Bahrain has treated international sport throughout the travesty of justice.

The British "The Guardian" newspaper said that Allan McKinnon, Australia's ambassador designate, called on the Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-ocha, to directly intervene to ensure the footballer's release, after the prosecutor had confirmed he had executive powers to do so.

The Thai authorities have chosen to show indifference to criticism over their detention of Bahraini refugee player in Australia Hakeem Al-Araibi and that they prefer favoring the ruling family in Bahrain, which has joint investments with Thai leaders.

Lawyer of Bahraini refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi said the court has given her 60 days to submit the defense's case.

A soccer player who has refugee status in Australia told a Thai court Monday that he refuses to be voluntarily extradited to Bahrain, which has asked for his return to serve a prison sentence for a crime he denies committing.