Myanmar junta jails US journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years

Frontier editor was accused of working for banned outlet Myanmar Now, from which he had resigned in July 2020, say colleagues

The US journalist Danny Fenster has been sentenced to 11 years in prison with hard labour by a court in military-ruled Myanmar after he was found guilty on a series of charges including incitement.

Fenster, who is the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, an independent outlet that has covered the military coup extensively, was arrested in May 2021 at Yangon International airport. He was due to fly back home to Michigan, where he planned to surprise his parents.