Robert Pether, 46, has been locked up in a Baghdad prison since April last year, and an investigation by the United Nations raised concerns he had been "shown torture rooms, blindfolded, insulted ...

Robert Pether needs urgent care in a hospital, his doctor says. When Desree Pether saw a photo of her husband's face for the first time in 17 months, she ran to the bathroom and threw up.

A father-of-four has penned an emotional letter from his prison cell in Iraq where he has been detained for three years in appalling conditions.. Australian engineer Robert Pether was sentenced to ...

Robert Pether, 46, has been languishing in an Iraqi prison since April after he and his Egyptian colleague, Khalid Zaghloul, were arrested in Baghdad, while working for engineering firm CME ...

The Irish wife of Iraq “hostage” Robert Pether has urged the Tánaiste to meet her amid increasingly urgent fears for her husband’s life in a Baghdad jail.. Construction engineer Rob, 49 ...

Robert Pether needs urgent surgery after photos revealed worrying skin spots; The 47-year-old has been in an Iraq jail with a colleague since April last year; ...

An Australian man whose family argue he is being "held hostage" in Iraq has now spent 1,000 days in prison. Robert Pether was jailed in 2021 on fraud charges, but the UN has described it as an ...

Robert Pether, a mechanical engineer, was jailed in 2021 on fraud charges amid a contract dispute between the consulting firm he worked for and the Central Bank of Iraq.

Robert Pether and his colleague Khaled Zhagoul are in a Baghdad jail, after a contract to build a new headquarters for the Central Bank of Iraq turned sour. A UN report has said they are being ...

Innocent “hostage” Robert Pether, who was jailed in Iraq on fraud charges, was found to have an enlarged prostate after he was hospitalised three times in a week. His distraught family in ...

When Desree Pether saw a photo of her husband's face for the first time in 17 months, she ran to the bathroom and threw up. "He looks like he's already dead," she tells the BBC. "It haunts me ...

When Desree Pether saw a photo of her husband's face for the first time in 17 months, she ran to the bathroom and threw up. "He looks like he's already dead," she tells the BBC. "It haunts me ...