In this file photo taken on June 04, 2021 The parents of detained journalist Danny Fenster, Buddy Fenster (L) and Rose Fenster (C) and brother Bryan Fenster (R) gather in Huntington Woods, Michigan, on June 4, 2021. Fenster, detained in Myanmar since May, appeared in a special court on June 17, 2021, his employers said, where he faces charges under a law that criminalizes encouraging dissent against the military. Fenster, managing editor of the Frontier Myanmar news outlet, appeared in court "to face a charge under section 505-A of the Penal Code", which carries a maximum three-year jail sentence, Frontier said in a statement. He was later remanded to Yangon's Insein Prison, it said, adding he was scheduled to appear again in court on July 1. - AFP
YANGON, June 18 (dpa): A special court in Myanmar's Insein Prison has extended the detention of US journalist Danny Fenster by two weeks.
Fenster, the managing editor of the monthly English-language magazine Frontier Myanmar, was taken into custody on May 24 at Yangon International Airport shortly before boarding a flight to Kuala Lumpur, on his way to US.
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