Myanmar Imprisons American Journalist Danny Fenster
jpnn.com, MYANMAR - A Myanmar military court on Friday sentenced detained American journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison, lawyers and the company for which the lawyers work said.
The court ruling is a blow to efforts by the United States to free Fenster.
Fenster (37) is the managing editor of online magazine Frontier Myanmar, one of the country's leading independent media outlets.
He was among others found guilty of sedition and immigration violations, the magazine said.
Frontier Myanmar considers the court's decision to be "the most severe of all".
"There is absolutely no basis to convict Danny of these charges," Thomas Kean, editor-in-chief of Frontier Myanmar.
"Everyone at Frontier is disappointed and frustrated by this decision. We just want Danny to be released as soon as possible, so he can go home to his family."
Fenster was arrested when he tried to leave Myanmar in May. Since then, he has been held at the Insen prison in Yangon.
A Myanmar military court on Friday sentenced detained American journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison.
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