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Hopes dashed for release of pastor Andrew Brunson as Turkish trial to continue in October

July 18, 2018 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Ankara, Binali Yildirim, Coup, Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sanctions, Turkey, USA

...scheduled Andrew Brunson’s next hearing for 12 October. Pastor Andrew Brunson, pictured in January Some observers had believed that Turkey might release Brunson, who has been detained for almost two...

America ups the ante over Pastor Brunson’s detention

July 3, 2018 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Ankara, Donald Trump, Fethullah Gülen, Izmir, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, USA

Philip Kosnett, left, suggested the release of Andrew Brunson and other “unjustly detained” Americans was a prerequisite for “the relationship between Turkey and the US to progress”. (US Embassy Turkey...

Brunson’s lawyer: secret witness practice ‘absolutely outlandish’

May 10, 2018 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Coup, Fethullah Gülen, Gaziantep, Izmir, Kurds, PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Religious freedom, Şanliurfa, Suruç, Terrorism, Turkey, UN, USA

Lawyer Ismail Cem Halavurt speaking with journalists at the entrance to the Sakran Prison complex on 7 May, 2018.

News media outside the Sakran Prison complex on 7 May, 2018, before the hearing for Andrew Brunson began. (World Watch Monitor) At the close of Turkey’s second trial hearing against...

Brunson’s trial highlights Turkey’s ‘hostage diplomacy’ tactic

May 4, 2018 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Binali Yildirim, Coup, Donald Trump, Fethullah Gülen, Human rights, Iran, Izmir, Protestants, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Religious freedom, Turkey, USA

On the eve of jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson’s second court hearing in Turkey, growing international comment has focused on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s transparent “hostage diplomacy” tactic, one...

On trial for terrorism and espionage in a Turkish court

April 25, 2018 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Coup, Fethullah Gülen, Islamic State, Izmir, Kurds, Middle East, Missionaries, PKK, Protestants, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Refugees, Suruç, Turkey, USA

...pastor Andrew Brunson was the lone defendant on trial before the Second Criminal Court of Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city, on the Aegean coast. After 23 years of public Christian...

North Korea, China, Russia and Iran ‘forces of instability’

April 24, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Andrew Brunson, Chechnya, China, Human rights, Iran, Liberia, Mexico, Myanmar, North Korea, Rohingya, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uyghurs, Uzbekistan, Venezuela

Tibetan Buddhists as well as Uyghur Muslims are among the minority groups that Chinese authorities are clamping down on. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...has reported extensively on the case of US pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been detained for 18 months, accused of espionage and terrorism. China WWL ranking: 42 China, Sullivan said,...

Erdogan demands Gulen extradition for US pastor’s release

April 23, 2018 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Coup, Donald Trump, Fethullah Gülen, Izmir, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Religious freedom, Turkey, USA

...pastor Andrew Brunson. Speaking in a live interview on the Turkish NTV news channel on 21 April, the Turkish president claimed “the US is behind [Gülen],” the Muslim imam he...

Turkish court puts trial of US pastor on hold for three weeks

April 16, 2018 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Ankara, Coup, Fethullah Gülen, Izmir, Protestants, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

A photo of the Rev. Andrew Brunson during his time in prison. Photo courtesy of World Witness Andrew Brunson got his first day in a Turkish court today (16 April)...

US: No evidence Pastor Brunson guilty of any crime

April 13, 2018 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Ankara, Coup, Fethullah Gülen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

A photo of the Rev. Andrew Brunson during his time in prison. Photo courtesy of World Witness

Just days before jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson is to stand trial accused of espionage and terrorism against Turkey, a senior US official in Ankara declared this week that months...

Turkey: date set for trial of US pastor Andrew Brunson

March 21, 2018 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Coup, Fethullah Gülen, PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

A photo of the Rev. Andrew Brunson during his time in prison. Photo courtesy of World Witness Imprisoned US pastor Andrew Brunson is set to stand trial before a Turkish...

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