With 28 days remaining before the next hearing for U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson, U.S. lawmakers and international groups are turning up the pressure on Turkey’s leaders to release the North Carolina native. For more than 600 days, Pastor Brunson has been imprisoned on false accusations of espionage and terrorism since his arrest in October 2016.
In what the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) called “the most significant legislative action on behalf of Pastor Brunson to date,” U.S. lawmakers are working to deny Turkey access to 100 key U.S.-built F-35 fighter jets–with Pastor Brunson’s release being the major point of contention. The U.S. Senate approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which includes a provision that, if passed, would significantly curtail the modernization of Turkey’s air force.
“What we offered in the NDAA is an examination of whether or not that relationship [between the U.S. and Turkey] makes sense because of the way they are treating one of our American citizens and not letting him come home …” said North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis who has visited Pastor Brunson in prison and is one of the major proponents spearheading efforts to free him.
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