More than 95,000 sign petition urging the release of geologist Jim Fitton, detained over artefact smuggling allegations

Ministers are under increasing pressure to help free a retired British geologist at risk of facing the death penalty in Iraq over smuggling allegations.

A petition urging the release of father-of-two Jim Fitton, 66, has received more than 95,000 signatures in the three days since it was launched.

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