A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday jailed American journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years, his lawyer and his employer said, despite U.S. calls for his release from what it said was unjust detention.
The 37-year-old Fenster was a Managing Editor for Frontier and currently detained in Myanmar
What to know:
- Fenster faces more charges of sedition, terrorism act breach
- First foreign journalist jailed in Myanmar in years
- Jailing intended as a warning to media, U.S. – group
- U.S. has pressed junta on “profoundly unjust” detention. (Reuters)