Football player and refugee Hakeem al-Araibi has been freed from jail in Thailand after Bahrain withdrew its extradition request.

al-Araibi was detained in Bangkok in November on an Interpol notice requested by Bahrain while he travelled to the Thailand capital on honeymoon.

Thailand's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) asked the court to end proceedings against al-Araibi because Bahrain had said it was no longer interested in the request, officials told BBC Thai on Monday.