The Australian Football Nation Radio website said that the Pascoe Vale footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi, detained in Thailand and wanted in Bahrain, awaits confirmation as to whether he will be allowed to return to Australia, the country he calls home after fleeing Bahrain.

Thai authorities revealed on Wednesday that Bahrain knew that football player Hakeem Al-Araibi was traveling from Australia to Bangkok and coordinated with Thailand's authorities to arrest him.

Activists overseas launched an appeal to address local MPs in Australia within the framework of a campaign to hinder the deportation of a Bahraini refugee residing in Australia, Hakeem Al-Araibi, from Thailand to Bahrain.

News indicated on Monday (December 3, 2018) that Bahraini football player Hakeem Al-Araibi was transferred to unknown destination in Thailand after he was arrested in a place affiliated with the immigration ministry since about a week.

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expressed their deep concern over the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Naji Fateel.

The Bahraini security authorities arrested on Friday (November 30, 2018) Shiite cleric and member of member of the (dissolved) Ulama Islamic Council Fadel Al-Zaki after raiding his house.

The SBS Australian News website reported that a Bahraini refugee who has Australian permanent residency has been arrested in Thailand and now faces deportation back to the Gulf state.

The security authorities released on Sunday (November 18, 2018) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Mussali with his continued trial.

Nine citizens, including Al-Wefaq former MP Ali Al-Ashiri, were arrested within the second week of November 2018, and 23 houses were raided in different areas across Bahrain this week, Rasd news network specialized in monitoring night raids and arrests said on its Twitter account.

Bahrain’s state-run news agency says prosecutors have detained and charged a man for tweets critical of the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections.

The security authorities are still carrying out night raids against citizens in Bahrain, prior to the Parliamentary and municipal elections to be held on November 24.

The Bahraini Public Prosecution ordered the arrest of 16 citizens from Karbabad for 7 days pending investigation over assembly charge.

The security authorities released preacher Sheikh Abdulmohsen Mulla Atiya Al-Jamri after arresting him to present him to the public prosecution.

Human rights groups monitored the arrest of 55 citizens within 9 days only

The German authorities are to extradite Bahraini citizen to his country following 3 years of residency.

At least four people were arrested by the Bahraini security authorities on Saturday (November 3, 2018), including Ammar Hamdan (from the town of Karbabad), the brother of martyrs Mustafa and Mohammed Hamdan.

The Bahraini security authorities arrested 11 citizens within 2 days (last Wednesday and Thursday), Rasd news network specialized in monitoring night raids and arrests confirmed.

The Bahraini security authorities arrested on Thursday (November 1, 2018) at least 6 citizens within less than 12 hours over political reasons.

The Bahraini Ministry of the Interior announced the arrests of four wanted persons in politically-motivated cases, while they attempted to escape by sea near the coast of Al-Dair and Samaheej.

Bahraini security authorities released the Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Al-Mo'min, the imam of Al-Khaif Mosque in Al-Dair area, one day after his arrest.