Craig Foster has revealed his fears for Hakeem Al-Araibi's life is what drove the campaign to save the refugee from deportation.
The former Socceroo captain believed the 25-year-old would be killed if he was sent to his home country Bahrain after being detained in a Bangkok prison for 77 days.
Al-Araibi was freed from jail and allowed to return to Australia on February 11, largely due to Foster's lobbying, with Bahrain wanting their former citizen to return to the Middle East to face flimsy vandalism charges.