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U.S. Journalist Jailed in Burma After Reporting on Military Coup

HeadlineMay 25, 2021

Burmese authorities have detained and jailed a U.S. journalist who has been reporting on the Burmese military coup. Danny Fenster was detained Monday at the airport in Rangoon as he was preparing to board a flight to Malaysia. Fenster is the managing editor of the publication Frontier Myanmar. The Committee to Protect Journalists has demanded his immediate release, calling his arrest the “latest grave threat to press freedom in Myanmar.” 

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