There are grave concerns for the welfare of Australian man Robert Pether who says he's being unlawfully held and tortured in Iraq. Three years since his detainment - family and advocates are desperately calling on the government to bring him homeIn 2021, Australian engineer Robert Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khaled Zaghloul were sentenced to five years in an Iraqi jail and fined $18 million on fraud charges.
Originally from Sydney, he says he longs to see his family and the sights and sounds of his home in Australia. Suffering from trauma, bladder and kidney infections as well as depression, his family now also believes he has melanoma. The United Nations has found over 30 violations of international law in Mr Pether’s detention, including being held for months without charge and convicted with only fifteen minutes of deliberation.
Mr Pether was arrested by plain clothes officers, disappearing for days before Egyptian authorities found him and his colleague traumatised, delirious and crying. "We had made enormous efforts including direct contact by myself as Prime Minister - with leaders there, with continued representation, more than 100 by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. My government will always act in the interest of Australian citizens, and with Mr Pether we are certainly doing whatever we can to secure his safe return.
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