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Pastor Brunson appeal for house arrest release rejected by Turkish courtChris IrvineA Turkish court has rejected an appeal to release American pastor Andrew Brunson from his house arrest, according to local media.Brunson, a 50-year-old evangelical pastor, faces 35 years in prison on charges of espionage and terror-related charges. He has been held in Turkey for two years and accused by local prosecutors of “terrorist†ties to the Islamist Gulen movement, which has been blamed for a failed coup in July 2016. Its leader lives in Pennsylvania and the U.S. has rejected calls from Turkey to have him extradited.The Turkish court in Izmir upheld a lower-court decision that rejected lifting Brunson’s house arrest, according to the state-run Anadolu agency. It also rejected an appeal for his travel ban to be lifted. Brunson’s next hearing is scheduled for October 12.Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/17/pastor-brunson-appeal-for-house-arrest-release-rejected-by-turkish-court.html
