U.S. journalist Danny Fenster could face life in prison for additional charges after being sentenced in a Myanmar court Friday.
U.S. journalist Danny Fenster was found guilty on several charges and sentenced to 11 years in prison with hard labor on Friday in a Myanmar military-ruled court, theFenster, the managing editor of the online magazine Frontier Myanmar, was found guilty on three charges for spreading false or inflammatory information, contacting illegal organizations and violating visa regulations, lawyer Than Zaw Aung said.
The U.S. government, human rights groups, press freedom associations and Fenster's family had pressed strongly for the 37-year-old journalist's release. The army's takeover was opposed by widespread peaceful protests that were put down with lethal force. Security forces killed more than 1,200 civilians and arrested about 10,000 others, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Armed resistance has since spread, and U.N. experts and other observers fear the incipient insurgency could slide into civil war.
Some of the closed media have continued operating without a license, publishing online as their staff members dodge arrest. Despite testimony from more than a dozen prosecution witnesses, it was never clear exactly what Fenster was alleged to have done, and it appeared that he was judged guilty by association.
Both Myanmar Now and Frontier Myanmar issued public statements that Fenster had left the former publication last year, and his lawyer said defense testimony, as well as income tax receipts, established that he works for Frontier Myanmar.
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