Detention of Australian man in Iraq ‘violates international law’ and UN should step in, lawyers say

Robert Pether, an engineer who travelled to Iraq for a business meeting, has been held in a Baghdad jail on unknown charges for 84 days

Lawyers for detained Australian man Robert Pether have complained to the United Nations about his treatment by Iraq alleging it violates international law and is a textbook case of arbitrary detention.

Pether has been held in a Baghdad jail for 84 days on unknown charges, which appear to stem from a business dispute between his firm, CME Consulting, and the Central Bank of Iraq.

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