Australian engineer Robert Pether leaves Iraq five years after arrest
Robert Pether release
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- Irish Examiner Ireland·7h agoRobert Pether pays tribute to family as he returns to Ireland after detention in Iraq
Speaking at Dublin Airport, Mr Pether said his family has always fought for him, but that it has had an “enormous toll” on his wife
Read at Irish Examiner Ireland → - Irish Examiner·11h agoRobert Pether returning to Ireland after being held in Iraq for five years
The wife of Mr Pether, Desree who is on her way to Dublin Airport, said her husband is “very emotional”
Read at Irish Examiner → - Irish Times World·13h agoEngineer Robert Pether heading home to Ireland after being detained in Iraq for five years
Irish resident had been under travel ban in Baghdad after being let out of prison a year ago
Read at Irish Times World → - Irish Independent Ireland·14h agoEngineer Robert Pether returns home to Ireland five years after arrest in Iraq
Mr Pether was imprisoned in Iraq, along with his colleague, in 2021 in a dispute between his employer and the Central Bank of Iraq
Read at Irish Independent Ireland → - Irish Independent World·14h ago‘Incredibly grateful’ - Engineer Robert Pether thanks supporters as he returns home to Ireland five years after arrest in Iraq
Mr Pether was imprisoned in Iraq, along with his Egyptian colleague Khaled Radwan, in 2021 in a dispute between his employer and the Central Bank of Iraq
Read at Irish Independent World → - The West World·16h agoAustralian Robert Pether free to leave Iraq after diplomatic pressure
An Australian man trapped in Iraq has finally been allowed to leave the country and reunite with his family after years of detention.
Read at The West World → - SBS Australia·16h ago'Exhausted': Family speaks as Australian man released from Iraq after post-prison limbo
Robert Pether was imprisoned in Iraq in 2021 and released last year but was unable to leave the country.
Read at SBS Australia → - ABC Just In AU·16h agoAustralian engineer Robert Pether leaves Iraq five years after arrest
Robert Pether was arrested in 2021 and served more than four years behind bars over what friends and family called trumped-up fraud charges.
Read at ABC Just In AU →
