Pence: U.S. Will Sanction Turkey Unless American Pastor Released

‘If Turkey does not take immediate action to free this innocent man of faith and send him home to America, the United States will impose significant sanctions on Turkey until Pastor Brunson is free’

Pence: U.S. Will Sanction Turkey Unless American Pastor Released (NTK Network)

Vice President Mike Pence told a religious freedom conference at the Department of State on Thursday that the United States will slap sanctions on NATO ally Turkey, if the Islamic country does not release an American pastor from captivity.

Turkey released Pastor Andrew Brunson from prison on Wednesday, only to then confine the American to house arrest. The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrested Brunson in a series of mass detentions following a failed coup in the country in 2016.

Their continued prosecution of Brunson for alleged “espionage” prompted the Trump administration to break out the threat of sanctions for a NATO ally.

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