Australia police say they didn't know Hakeem al-Araibi was refugee

He was detained at the airport and was held 76 days under threat of extradition to Bahrain before he was released last week and returned to Melbourne. The rules of international policing organization Interpol prevent a Red Notice from being issued for an acknowledged refugee to be sent back to the country from which they fled persecution. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin told the committee that police did not know that al-Araibi was a refugee and did not have access to his visa status when Bahrain applied for a Red Notice to Australia's Interpol bureau on Nov. 9. Dailyhunthttps://www.couchsurfing.com/people/ahmed-khan-55