Pastor Remains in Overcrowded Prison

Turkmenistan
Asia

November 23, 2010

A pastor in TURKMENISTAN was arrested in August and at last report remains in prison. He is being denied medical treatment and is being held in a smoke-filled cell overcrowded to nearly four times its capacity. Officials often pressure non-Muslim ethnic Turkmen like him to renounce their faith. Police reportedly pressured several people to make false accusations against this pastor.

Pray that God will sustain his health and hasten his release. “Fear not, for I am with you.”

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Pastor Remains in Overcrowded Prison

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