Friday, 27 July 2018

Turkey to place US pastor under house arrest after over 600 days in prison

Turkey to place US pastor under house arrest after over 600 days in prisonAn American pastor whose imprisonment for more than 600 days has tested relations between the US and Turkey has been released from jail and placed under house arrest, in an apparent concession to repeated demands by American policymakers who called the man’s detention a disgrace and threatened sanctions against Ankara. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, welcomed Andrew Brunson’s release from prison – but said the decision did not go far enough.




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