INDIA – Christian Persecution Fact Sheet Compiled by STPC
Open Doors USA World Watch List 2020 Rank: No. 10, 2020 World Watch List of Countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian Score: 83/100 Region: Asia Persecution…
INDIA – 7 Christian families forced from home as Hindu mob demands they renounce Christ
Christian Post | June 25, 2019 | Samuel Smith At least seven Christian families were forced to flee from their homes in the Jharkhand state of India this month after…
EGYPT – Egypt Bus Attack Survivors ask ‘How could this happen again?’
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 23, 2018 Egypt’s Copts are still reeling from a second bus attack in two years on the desert road to a monastery in Minya and asking why there was…
INDONESIA – Indonesia: New Religious Education Bill requires Registration of Sunday Schools
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 30, 2018 Christians in Indonesia are opposing a new religious education bill that will require them to obtain government approval for holding Sunday schools or…
TURKEY – Christians Encouraged Over Brunson’s Example in Turkey
International Christian Concern | Oct. 22, 2018 Pastor Brunson’s release from imprisonment, in Turkey, a little over a week ago has filled the Turkish Christian community with new found strength.…
TURKEY – Pastor Brunson Says He is Probably “One of the Most Hated Men in Turkey”
International Christian Concern | Oct. 17, 2018 Pastor Andrew Brunson, who was released this weekend from a two-year detainment in Turkey, shared in an interview with ABC that he is…
TURKEY- IRD Cheers Release of Pastor Andrew Brunson
Juicy Ecumenism | Oct. 12, 2018 he Institute on Religion & Democracy (IRD) is celebrating the immediate release of Pastor Andrew Brunson after a Turkish court determined he has adequately…
TURKEY – Pastor Andrew Brunson is Free!
New York Times | Oct. 12, 2018 SAKRAN, Turkey — A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of the American pastor Andrew Brunson from house arrest, a move that…
TURKEY – Secret Deal with Turkey Paves Way for American Pastor’s Release
NBC News | Oct. 11, 2018 The White House expects North Carolina pastor Andrew Brunson to be released by the Turkish government and returned to the U.S. in the coming…
TURKEY – Brunson Appeals to Turkey’s Highest Court
Biblical Truth Media Excellence Free Speech | Oct. 5, 2018 Pastor Andrew Brunson’s attorney, Ismail Cem Halavurt, this week filed an appeal with Turkey’s highest constitutional court. Pastor Brunson, a North Carolina…
TURKEY – Lawyer of U.S. Pastor says to Appeal to Top Turkish Court for his Release
Reuters | Oct. 2, 2018 The case of Andrew Brunson, whose next regular court hearing is on Oct. 12, has become the most divisive issue in a worsening diplomatic row…
TURKEY – Turkish-US officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ of Brunson’s release
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 24, 2018 Andrew Brunson, pictured during his release from prison into house arrest on 25 July, was first arrested almost two years ago. Both Turkish and…
TURKEY- Daughter: U.S. Pastor Imprisoned in Turkey for Terrorism by ‘Christianization’
Breit Bart | Sept. 24, 2018 The pastor’s daughter Jacqueline Furnari declared, “A year and a half after his initial detention [in October 2016], Turkey finally charged him when they handed…
TURKEY: Turkey replaces prosecutor who indicted US pastor Brunson
World Watch Monitor | 090918 At the outset last week of Turkey’s new judicial year, the Izmir prosecutor who prepared the controversial indictment accusing US pastor Andrew Brunson of terrorism…
TURKEY – Turkish Crisis Rattles Currency Markets
WSJ | Aug. 10, 2018 Lira drops more than 10% as international markets sour on Turkey’s capacity to repay foreign-currency debts Updated Aug. 10, 2018 11:19 a.m. ET The Turkish…
TURKEY – Turkey ‘will retaliate’ over US sanctions as crisis grows
Independent.ie | Aug. 3, 2018 Turkey was yesterday drawing up retaliatory measures after Washington slapped sanctions on two Turkish ministers in one of the biggest crises between the two Nato…
TURKEY – Update on Pastor Andrew Brunson With Jorge Parrott
Back to Jerusalem | Aug. 3, 2018 Jorge Porrott, president of CMM Ministries, a theological seminary, speaks with Eugene on Back to Jerusalem Radio about American Pastor Andrew Brunson who…
TURKEY – Trump administration sanctions Turkish officials over detained American pastor
FoxNews | 080218 The Trump administration on Wednesday sanctioned top Turkish officials over the country’s detention of American pastor Andrew Craig Brunson. The Treasury Department sanctions, first announced by the…
Brunson’s third Turkish hearing focused on PKK allegations
World Watch Monitor | 073118 No hard evidence was produced against US pastor Andrew Brunson at his latest trial hearing on 18 July by the three prosecution witnesses called to…
Turkish court rejects appeal to end US pastor’s house arrest – Middle East
Stars and Stripes | 073118 ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court rejected an appeal Tuesday to end the house arrest of an American pastor who is at the center of…
Trump administration threatens to punish Turkey unless it frees detained American minister
LATimes | 072618 At a conference Thursday affirming the U.S. commitment to global religious freedom, Vice President Mike Pence threatened economic sanctions against Turkey if its government fails to release…
Pastor Brunson – Pence threatens Turkey over detained US pastor
Religion News Service | 072618 WASHINGTON (RNS) — Vice President Mike Pence used a State Department summit of foreign ministers and religious leaders to call on Turkey to release U.S.…
U.S. Ministerial – Persecution of Andrew Brunson, John Cao Shared at Religious Freedom Ministerial
Christianity Today | 072418 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The first victim of religious persecution to share their story today at the US State Department’s first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom couldn’t…
TURKEY – What Is Andrew Brunson Accused Of? Donald Trump Calls for Release of Pastor Imprisoned in Turkey
Newsweek | 071918 | By Cristina Maza “With the news of his continued imprisonment breaking today, Save The Persecuted Christians calls on President Trump, the administration and our legislators to…
TURKEY – US pastor denied release in latest trial hearing in Turkey
The Tribune | 07-18-18 ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Wednesday again denied a request for the release from custody of an American pastor based in Turkey who is…
TURKEY – Turkish court rules to keep US pastor in jail on terror charges
YeniSafak | 07-18-18 A Turkish court has ruled to keep American Pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, who is being tried on terrorism and spying charges, in jail. Andrew Brunson, a Christian…
US Senate to Turkey: Give Us Pastor Brunson or No Fighter Jets
CBNNews | 062518 The United States Senate recently passed overwhelmingly the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act which bans the Department of Defense from selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey as…
Religious Freedom Advocates Continue to Raise Awareness for Imprisoned Pastor Andrew Brunson
NRB | 062118 American Pastor Andrew Brunson is scheduled again for trial next month. Wrongfully detained in Turkey and denied due process rights for years, his story is stirring American…
Free Pastor Brunson: STPC Activists Urge Trump to Do More to Bring US Missionary Home From Turkish Prison
CBN News | 062018 | VIDEO More than a dozen people gathered outside the White House on Wednesday to call on President Donald Trump to bring American Pastor Andrew Brunson…
U.S. and Turkey Release Statement Reaffirming “Spirit of Allied Partnership” – Will It Lead to Pastor Andrew Brunson’s Freedom?
ACLJ | 060718 Despite recent tensions between our two countries, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu just met in Washington. Following the…
Trump: American Pastor Jailed In Turkey Is ‘A Totally Innocent Man’
The Daily Caller | 052718 An American pastor facing trial in Turkey on allegations of aiding terrorist groups is “a totally innocent man,” President Donald Trump said Saturday. “We have…
Senators Lankford, Tillis urge rethink of U.S.-Turkey relationship in wake of Andrew Brunson trial
EPConnection | 051118 Sen. Thom Tillis, speaking from the Senate floor on May 10: “We’re going to continue to work every day that (Andrew Brunson) is in prison to…
Sen. Tillis presents details of Brunson case on Senate floor
EPCConnection | 042518 On April 25, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) gave an impassioned, 15-minute speech from the floor of the U.S. Senate about Andrew Brunson’s imprisonment in Turkey. In his…
TURKEY – Erdogan Again Shows That He’s Holding American Pastor Hostage In Turkish Prison
DailyCaller | 042118 Turkey’s authoritarian president made it clear that his government his holding American pastor Andrew Brunson hostage in a Turkish prison President Erdogan said the U.S. government should…
Senators warn of ‘measures’ against Turkey over Andrew Brunson case
ISTANBUL — A bipartisan group of 66 senators is threatening Turkey with “measures” after an American pastor was put on trial accused of terrorism links and espionage. North Carolina native…
Free American Pastor Andrew Brunson
A Christian pastor in Turkey has been arrested. He is in great danger. American Pastor Andrew Brunson – a U.S. citizen from North Carolina – has been falsely charged with…