Myanmar has not granted US access to detained American journalist

Buddy Fenster (L), father of detained journalist Danny Fenster, speaks to supporters in Huntington Woods, Michigan, on June 4, 2021. The US State Department has called for the release of Fenster, a US citizen and the Managing Editor of news outlet Frontier Myanmar, who was detained on May 24, 2021, as he attempted to board a plane at Yangon International Airport to leave military-ruled Myanmar. A week after Fenster was detained, Frontier said they had yet to receive any information on his whereabouts or wellbeing. - AFP

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Bernama): The United States has not had access to American journalist Danny Fenster after he was detained by Myanmar's military junta, State Department spokesperson Ned Price has said, according to Sputnik.

Fenster, 37, worked as the managing editor of the Frontier Myanmar news magazine. He was detained on May 24 at Yangon International Airport before he could board a plane to leave the country. It is unknown whether he will face charges.