Turkey: date set for trial of US pastor Andrew Brunson

  • 24/03/2018
  • Barbara G. Baker

worldwatchmonitor.org  (03.21.2018)

Imprisoned US pastor Andrew Brunson is set to stand trial before a Turkish criminal court on 16 April on espionage- and terrorism-related charges that could jail him for up to 35 years.

Seventeen months after the pastor’s arrest in the port city of Izmir, a formal indictment accepted by the Izmir 2nd Criminal Court has been released to Brunson and his lawyer – but only after the 62-page document was leaked illegally to the Turkish media.

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