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Australian father freed from Iraq five years after ‘arbitrary detention’

Brisbane Times · 12 October 2026 at 6:40 pm

Australian father freed from Iraq five years after ‘arbitrary detention’

Australian engineer Robert Pether has left Iraq after more than five years in detention following a protracted campaign to secure his release.

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