Just a quick follow-up on Pastor Brunson’s situation ~ Unfortunately, he was sent back to prison in ‘disturbing’ trial twist ~
 

“The judge late today said the trial will be continued until May 7 and ordered Pastor Andrew Brunson to return to prison.
 
Instead of being returned to the prison he was at prior to this hearing date, he’s been sent back to a prison that is notorious for it’s overcrowding and it is a prison where eight prisoners are to be held in one cell. Instead, there are 22,” said American Center for Law and Justice Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow on his podcast.
 
Sekulow called this latest development “disturbing” and is asking the international community to continue to call for the pastor’s release […]
 
Brunson has been imprisoned for 18 months in both grossly overcrowded prison cells and solitary confinement.
 
“His pretrial detention, I would argue, has become a sort of torture,” Aykan Erdemir told CBN News. Erdemir is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a former member of Turkey’s parliament […]
 
Pastor Brunson took the stand Monday and did his best to convince the court to give him his freedom. He faces 35 years in prison.
 
“I’ve never done something against Turkey. I love Turkey. I’ve been praying for Turkey for 25 years. I want truth to come out,” Brunson told the court, according to Reuters. “I do not accept the charges mentioned in the indictment. I was never involved in any illegal activities.”

This is reminiscent of the old Soviet-style “justice” system – truly outrageous! Instead of bombing Syria (over unsubstantiated allegations of a chemical weapons attack), the U.S. should be pressuring that evil thug Erdoğan to release this innocent Christian from a Turkish hellhole!

 
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Most of the mainstreams couldn’t care less about his plight but at least Fox News has picked up the story ~ American pastor Andrew Brunson goes on trial in Turkey, denies terror links