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{"id":15761,"date":"2021-11-11T09:04:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T09:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecorporatemagazine.com\/?p=15761"},"modified":"2021-12-06T07:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T07:27:01","slug":"u-s-journalist-held-in-myanmar-is-charging-with-terrorism-and-sedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecorporatemagazine.com\/u-s-journalist-held-in-myanmar-is-charging-with-terrorism-and-sedition\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. journalist held in Myanmar is charging with terrorism and sedition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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U.S. journalist held in Myanmar is charging with terrorism and sedition, lawyer says<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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November 11, 2021: -Danny Fenster, 37, managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, a top independent news site, was detained at Yangon’s international airport in May as he does to take a flight out of the country.<\/p>

If found guilty, he was jailed for up to 20 years under a terrorism law and 20 years for sedition.<\/p>

“We don’t understand why they added charges, but it is not good that they are adding charges,” his lawyer, Than Zaw Aung, told Reuters.<\/p>

\u201cDanny also felt disappointed and sad regarding these new charges.\u201d<\/p>

The United States has pushed for the release of Fenster, who was charged with incitement and breaches of the colonial-era unlawful associations act in the beginning. He is being held at Yangon’s notorious Insein prison.<\/p>

In the latest amnesty for hundreds of people detained over anti-junta protests, authorities looked at him, including some media personnel.<\/p>

The military has rescinded media licenses, imposing curbs on the internet and satellite broadcasts, and arrested dozens of journalists since its February 1 coup, in what human rights groups have approached an assault on the truth.<\/p>

“We are as heartbroken about these charges as we have been about the other charges brought against Danny,” his brother, Bryan Fenster, said in a message.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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