Bahraini footballer Hakeem al Araibi has arrived in Melbourne in Australia as a free man.

巴林岛足球运动员阿莱比已作为自由人抵达澳大利亚墨尔本。

A Bahraini government spokesperson told AFP in a written statement the men were convicted of serious criminal offences.

巴林政府发言人在一份书面声明中对法新社表示，这两人被判犯有严重刑事罪。

The UAE and Bahraini foreign ministers echoed this that were keen to stress with the Palestinians and their cause had not been forgotten.

阿联酋和巴林的外交部长对此表示赞同，他们热切地向巴勒斯坦强调，他们的事业没有被忘记。

Abdallah Bou Habib says his Bahraini counterpart informed him of the decision during the Arab League summit held recently in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.

阿卜杜拉·布·哈比卜表示，巴林外长最近在沙特城市吉达举行的阿拉伯联盟峰会上向他告知这一决定。

Last month the international panel of legal experts accused the Bahraini security force of routinely using torture to punish or extracted confession from hundreds of Shia protesters.

上月，国际法律专家小组指控巴林安全部队经常对数百名什叶派抗议者拷打或刑讯逼供。