Craig Foster

Everyone extremely drained, only one with energy tonight is Hakeem! He’s so happy to be home, wants to thank everyone, says he has to help Australia now. You’re my little brother I told him, you have my protection & help whenever you need. Tonight, all will sleep well #ThanksAll

“The people, they stand up for me… I’m so happy now… back to a safe country, a great country.” Hakeem al-Araibi and @Craig_Foster share their thoughts about Hakeem’s return home, his welcome at the airport and his plans to take to the football field once more. #TheProjectTV

With #HakeemAlAraibi home, there will be a special edition of The Ticket going online this evening with one of the unsung heroes, CEO of the @thepfa JOHN Didulica, seen here as the right hand man to the irrepressible @Craig_Foster #SaveHakeem #HakeemIsSaved

"It's a different young man to the one I saw in prison only last week... I'm just struck by how happy he is. To see him back here... it's been a really surreal experience the last few months but its been a wonderful outcome" @Craig_Foster #HakeemSaved #TheProjectTV

My latest OpEd: Hakeem al-Araibi: international pressure forced Bahrain to blink https://t.co/gL8QF0rp4g via @smh cc @MinkysHighjinks @hrw @NcGeehan @PearsonElaine @hancock_steph @david_conn @OwenJones84 @mehdirhasan @sarahleah1 @Craig_Foster @danroan @davidakaye @jamesmassola

The sheer exhaustion & relief in Craig’s face, jubilation in the eyes of @amnestyOz Tim O’Connor...wrapped around the courageous Hakeem. “This is my country” - Hakeem home at last. @amnestyOz @Craig_Foster #HakeemHome

"Now, I’m calling on Scott and Marise to commit to more humane policies for all the 'Hakeems' who come into Australia’s care." Brilliant words from @Craig_Foster who was so fearless in helping bring #HakeemHome https://t.co/07gHJjTlLu

The Ticket #SavedHakeem Special - how it happened, what it means, what’s next @Craig_Foster & @pfa boss John Didulica, “we’re only just getting started” https://t.co/QxKYE4Qso0

Privileged sport officials willing to sacrifice Hakeem al-Araibi's life should be expunged | Craig Foster https://t.co/FiraUdxpny

There’s Craig Foster. And there’s Kon Karapanagiotidis. #GreatAustralians https://t.co/OIjzQ5aXMj

"We will work to ensure all those in positions of governance that were willing to sacrifice the life of one player while occupying positions of influence & prestige, whether in football, the Olympic movement or any other sport, are expunged" @Craig_Foster https://t.co/1oLaLaH29I

Well done @TraceyLeeHolmes & @Craig_Foster for an insightful overview of #Hakeem’s case. #ThisIsJustTheStart #AthleteActivists https://t.co/OvZqGl74IM

Taking on FFA & Congress - “The game has a serious culture problem”: ⁦@Craig_Foster⁩ #Stajcic https://t.co/hqIxWRMvcx

@andrewjgiles was a great support to Hakeem’s case Thank you & all who worked behind the scenes @gulfidhr @Craig_Foster @thepfa @AAFClubs @fbsupporters @amnestyOz @hrw @OzRefugeeCounc @APRRN_ @unionsaustralia @pvfc_official @JimLawrence63 @footballvic #SaveHakeem #WeSavedHakeem

Craig Foster on the FFA election via SEN: "(It) was a farce. The lack of ethics involved there was just disgusting and that’s why I pulled out. Someone needs to stand up for the game."

.@Craig_Foster has called for a thorough investigation of @AusFedPolice's role in the jailing of refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi. #HakeemHome https://t.co/NcdB6lnzo4

Many letters & editorial for #HakeemalAraibi in today's @smh print edition #WeSavedHakeem #Hakeemhome yet more needed for #worldgame #humanrights #refugees #asylumseekers @Craig_Foster @FatimaYazbek1 @YahyaAlhadid @gulfidhr @amnestyOz @HRC @FIFPro @thepfa @fbsupporters @FTdotnews https://t.co/umkIeqOV6I

Craig Foster is one of very few who had a real impact on influencing the world to apply pressure to effect his release. Mr. Integrity. But we know who will claim glory. Mr. No Integrity. https://t.co/piruwVoIW1

@LizDeepJones @Craig_Foster #SaveHakeem #SavedHakeem #HakeemSaved https://t.co/LrwcNUJtAX

Craig Foster calls for 'more humane' refugee policy after Al-Araibi's ordeal https://t.co/5x6HNHJaqQ via @SBSNews

🚨 Calling On ALL #HumanRights Advocates who helped save #HakeemSaved from additional #torture in #Bahrain 🇧🇭 to please advocate for peaceful, human rights defender @NABEELRAJAB unjustly jailed in Bahrain. Help #FreeNabeel @Craig_Foster @shumack_trish @MinkysHighjinks @UN_HRC https://t.co/WntmamrWqk

DECLARACIÓN: @FIFPro está encantado de que Hakeem al-Araibi vaya a Australia. Saludamos la incansable campaña de @Craig_Foster , @thepfa , y decenas de jugadores de fútbol que ayudaron a crear conciencia sobre su detención injusta. #SaveHakeem#HakeemSaved https://t.co/3R8d1fXFWa

After seeing what Au could be under the dignity & humanity of a Craig Foster & Hakeem Al-Araibi it didn't take long for the ratbaggery, viciousness, narcissism & greed of the IPAs LNP to wipe the memory of who we might've been with a nasty fear & smear campaign. Disgusting.

@SenatorWong @HumanHeadline @Craig_Foster @AustFootball @pvfc_official Please show the same care for sick refugees! They are saying ur vote will decide the #MediVacBill in Senate - but u have always cares for women/children/marginalised/powerless. Pls do what u know the Aussie community wants #showsomehumanity

Craig Foster – the man behind Hakeem al-Araibi's remarkable release https://t.co/9nQX62BCxV

The inside story of Hakeem's homecoming https://t.co/6GlJxaDmFc via @theage Must read piece by @jamesmassola cc @Reaproy @hrw @YahyaAlhadid @FatimaYazbek1 @gulfidhr @BrendanSchwab @WorldPlayersUtd @BirdBahrain_ @Craig_Foster #HakeemSaved

@bonitamersiades @darbystevecoach @MickLynch_Age @kamasz_stefan @Gatty54 @MrAusFootball @james_r_mcgrath @JosephCarrozzi @Craig_Foster I was being facetious

Superbly balanced McGuire. Many questions unanswered by FFA and Reds and kudos to @Craig_Foster proving the game shouldn't be owned by groups or individuals, unity is the winner. #SaveHakeem https://t.co/woOkPCLJqz

Calla Wahlquist on the work by Craig Foster in his quest to secure Hakeem al-Araibi's release and his warning of future action to those who do not heed or value #humanrights. There is much work to do #HakeemSaved @callapilla @Craig_Foster https://t.co/1HufiMPHlj

@BrendanSchwab @darbystevecoach @MickLynch_Age @kamasz_stefan @Gatty54 @bonitamersiades @MrAusFootball @james_r_mcgrath @JosephCarrozzi @Craig_Foster Have fun a major union branch. Not tackled FIFA corruption like Bonita Mersiades

@BrendanSchwab @darbystevecoach @MickLynch_Age @kamasz_stefan @Gatty54 @MrAusFootball @james_r_mcgrath @JosephCarrozzi @Craig_Foster 😂

If Craig Foster is the 'leader of the opposition' in Australian football. Who is the 'opposition leader' to the AFL?

@Gatty54 @mark_putta Dead cert if Craig Foster ( after a good nights sleep or two)launched a campaign for an independent inquiry into Staj sacking and FFA governance in general it would unleash such a wave of support that these bunkered in corporate cowards at FFA would be washed away

Wow @khamis_ghassan I’ll never forget this time coming together with u & my fellow #journalists #football #SBS colleagues here& OS to fight for #humanrights & succeed in saving a young man’s life! #HakeemHome led by the formidable @Craig_Foster 🙏❤️ https://t.co/4vdewBTyZG

@WartHogBlues @MikeFitzAU @carolemorrissey @leighsales @Craig_Foster I'm saying you lied about the provenance of your quote. All you have to do to disprove me is cite your source. It's not a complicated exercise.

Craig Foster – the man behind Hakeem al-Araibi's remarkable release https://t.co/oxhUKkeIFL

@Tafkao @MikeFitzAU @carolemorrissey @leighsales @Craig_Foster My students are rarely spoon fed. You will need to work for your own sense of enltightment and quest for freedom, knowledge and truth. The path is never-ending but the rewards are just & soul nourishing Behold Stanley, the mighty Warthog also travels the path of enlightenment

@TrubbellAtMill @Craig_Foster @smaccaroo Something we can all be proud of in these troubling times. A light has been shone.

@Craig_Foster In

@leighsales @Craig_Foster May the force be with you @Craig_Foster

@Craig_Foster Well done Craig and welcome home Hakeem:-) 😍

@davutovic @Craig_Foster Maybe Craig should be incharge instead of that useless David Gallop.

@SenatorWong @Craig_Foster @AustFootball @pvfc_official Amazing. He was convicted in Bahrain for setting fire to a police station and is wanted by Interpol. Yet somehow the left wing feminazis come out and demand this country roll out the red carpet so that he does not have to go back. Wake up people. This is Labor now open borders.

@Craig_Foster Thanks so much for your tireless work to get him home!!! I'm so happy for him!!! #WelcomeHomeHakeem!! 🌹🎊

@Craig_Foster you deserve to have a beer and put your feet up - well done sir, well done

@WartHogBlues @MikeFitzAU @carolemorrissey @leighsales @Craig_Foster Please cite *your* source.

@SenatorWong @HumanHeadline @Craig_Foster @AustFootball @pvfc_official And Scott Morrison.

@Tafkao @MikeFitzAU @carolemorrissey @leighsales @Craig_Foster You will find various versions of this quotation attributed to many people including de Maistre, de Toqueville and even Abraham Lincoln. I can only suggest that you read Plato's writings - especially on the effects of Democracy on society.

Craig Foster – the man behind Hakeem al-Araibi's remarkable release https://t.co/SzX6EjhddV... https://t.co/7QTqjM6Ffk

@Craig_Foster Good luck Hakeem and glad to have you here. Craig top notch work there mate

@WartHogBlues @MikeFitzAU @carolemorrissey @leighsales @Craig_Foster Please cite your source

@TheKouk All true. What it does highlight as Craig Foster is the people power. Time to get busy methinks and demand proper just ethical governance.

@theBirdyMan @mark_putta @Craig_Foster No not our last hope. We have options.

@Elia_Santoro @mark_putta @Craig_Foster Our last hope, perhaps?

@spirokard @davutovic @Craig_Foster Not does the afc or fifa for that matter. Worrying. Change needed at all levels.

@darbystevecoach @bonitamersiades @BrendanSchwab @MickLynch_Age @kamasz_stefan @Gatty54 @james_r_mcgrath @JosephCarrozzi @Craig_Foster And for the record @BrendanSchwab; @thepfa have a critical role to play in this conversation. Aussie ⚽️ + Aussie ⚽️ players need traditional clubs; as much as traditional clubs need Aussie ⚽️ players. United we can start fixing this mess called the FFA + #ALeague

Congratulations on your persistence & hard work @Craig_Foster https://t.co/iLxvjfRCmr

@heraldsunsport @davutovic Craig foster has been an extremely divisive character in the past. One swallow does not a summer make. Your view is very short term

@darbystevecoach @bonitamersiades @BrendanSchwab @MickLynch_Age @kamasz_stefan @Gatty54 @james_r_mcgrath @JosephCarrozzi @Craig_Foster we can't achieve anything until we agree on what the key problems are. Lynchy aside, not many journos have been prepared to report on the major injustices to traditional fans + clubs. We can't move fwd united until the media reports on this; the same way they have with #Stajcic

Hailed for mobilising the global football family, the SBS commentator now says ‘we are just warming up’ On 7 December, 10... https://t.co/kLzpEcN2ND

@Tafkao @MikeFitzAU @carolemorrissey @leighsales @Craig_Foster Can you read ancient Greek?

@darbystevecoach @bonitamersiades @BrendanSchwab @MickLynch_Age @kamasz_stefan @Gatty54 @james_r_mcgrath @JosephCarrozzi @Craig_Foster Look purpose of my rants is to point out there's many injustices in our game. Yes it really irritates me that journos only focus on the easy parts. It's plain lazy if you ask me. However now's the time to bring these all together + do something about it. Together + united. But,