article_snippet: Wellington-based Brian and Philip Blackwood have launch an online petition to campaign for Philip Backwood's freedom, insisting that Wellington-based Brian and Angela Blackwood son and Philip Backwood's colleagues have been unjustly convicted.
article_snippet: Philip Blackwood and Philip Blackwood
article_snippet: However, Philip Blackwood's hard labour penalty has been lifted as Philip Blackwood is a foreigner.
article_snippet: Blackwood's loved ones are fighting to help alleviate some of Blackwood's struggles during his sentence. '
article_snippet: Blackwood leaves court after being sentenced to two and half years in prison.
article_snippet: Blackwood's parents worry for Blackwood's parents son's physical and mental health, as their son tries to withstand the heat and poor hygiene.
article_snippet: Blackwood's parents are particularly concerned as their son suffers from a chest condition and from asthma.
article_snippet: Blackwood did not have legal representation when Blackwood was charged, nor did Blackwood have any interpreter to explain what was going on,' the petition reads. '
article_snippet: Blackwood made no comment as Blackwood was bundled into the back of a police truck through a scrum of media cameras.
article_snippet: Blackwood's parents told Fairfax Media from Blackwood's parents New Zealand home that Blackwood's parents were shocked by the decision and Blackwood's parents son would consider an appeal. '
highlights_snippet: Philip Blackwood sentenced to two and a half years jail with hard labour .
  