Detained Australian engineer Robert Pether has left Iraq after being jailed in 2021
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…
The Guardian reports: 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…
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