“The human rights policy of FIFA is an incredibly important tool in this situation, and we’re delighted that FIFA has demonstrated again their commitment to ensuring that every stakeholder in footballwill apply the absolute maximum leverage. [Over] the next five days we want to see absolute progress, and that means Hakeem Al-Araibi being released. We feel the urgency and emergency of thematter is so grave right now that all of sport has come out in favor of Hakeem.”

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