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US pastor moved to house arrest after two years in prison

American pastor Andrew Brunson will be put under house arrest after spending two years in a Turkish jail. [AFP]

Turkey on Wednesday moved from jail to house arrest an American pastor who has spent almost two years imprisoned on terror-related charges, in a controversial case that has ratcheted up tensions with the United States.

Andrew Brunson, who ran a protestant church in the Aegean city of Izmir, was first detained in October 2016 and had remained in prison in Turkey ever since.

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