Myanmar sentences US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in jail
- The managing editor of Frontier Myanmar was found guilty of unlawful association and breaching immigration laws
- The US has repeatedly pushed for the release of the 37-year-old, who is being held at Yangon’s Insein prison
The military has squeezed the press since taking power in a February coup, arresting dozens of journalists critical of its crackdown on dissent, which has killed over 1,200 people according to a local monitoring group.
Fenster, who had been working for local outlet Frontier Myanmar for around a year, was arrested in May as he tried to leave the country to see his family.
“Frontier Myanmar is deeply disappointed at the decision today to convict its managing editor, Danny Fenster, on three charges and impose prison sentences totalling 11 years,” the outlet said in a statement.
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US journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11 years in jail after arrest by Myanmar junta
Fenster, who has been held in Yangon’s Insein prison since he was detained, also faces charges of sedition and terrorism, which could see him jailed for life.
