On Friday, the journalist was sentenced to eleven years in prison for a number of offenses, including violations of immigration laws and encouragement of rebellion through the dissemination of false information.
Fenster is the editor of online newspapers Frontier Myanmar, which, among other things, has covered the military junta’s conduct after the coup in February.
Since being arrested at Yangon Airport in May, he has been in the infamous Insein Prison in Yangon.
He was then on his way to the United States to visit his family.
On Friday, he was found guilty of a number of offenses, including violations of immigration laws and encouragement to revolt through the spread of false information, his employer states.
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson said on Monday that he had recently negotiated for Fenster’s release when he visited the country and held meetings with the military junta.
– Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson states that Danny Fenster is free. Photo: Thet Htoo / AP / NTB
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