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Detained Australian engineer Robert Pether has left Iraq after being jailed in 2021
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Australian foreign minister welcomes Iraqi government’s decision to allow engineer to leave Baghdad Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Australian engineer Robert Pether has been allowed to leave
Australian foreign minister welcomes Iraqi government’s decision to allow engineer to leave Baghdad Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Australian engineer Robert Pether has been allowed to leave Iraq after a four-year stint in a Baghdad jail cell that his family feared would kill him. Pether’s family say they have been “living in hell” since he was arrested without charge in April 2021 in connection to a business dispute between his firm – which was building a new headquarters for the central bank – and the Iraqi government. Continue reading...
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