Robert Pether: Australian Jailed in Iraq Conditionally Released

Australian Robert Pether released from Iraqi prison four years after being arbitrarily detained

A UN working group report found engineer’s 2021 detention was in breach of international lawAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian engineer Robert Pether has been released from his Iraq jail cell more than four years after he was arbitrarily detained.Pether was working on a project to help build the new headquarters for the Central Bank of Iraq when he was detained in Bag…

Aussie engineer freed from Iraqi jail

An Australian engineer has been released from an Iraqi jail four years after his shock arrest.

Robert Pether: Australian jailed in Iraq conditionally released

Robert Pether has been imprisoned for four years, in what the UN has described as arbitrary detention.

Roscommon dad released in Iraq after more than four years in custody

Engineer Robert Pether has been in custody since April 2021 - and the United Nations had condemned his "arbitrary" detention