Fenster was arrested at Yangon International Airport on May 24, as he was about to board a flight to the Detroit domain of the United States to see his family. He is the editor-in-chief of Frontier Myanmar, an online magazine founded in Yangon, Myanmar. larger city.
“Danny’s next trial date is set for September 20,” said his lawyer, Than Zaw Aung. “The court held a video convention with Danny Fenster this afternoon and he is in health,” according to the court clerk.
Fenster qualified with incitement for which he can be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison. The rate opposite him does not obviously indicate what he is accused of.
Court hearings in Myanmar have been taking a stand via video for several months since a new wave of coronavirus began to devastate the country. Attorneys do not participate in video referral hearings, but are informed of their results.
Fenster told his lawyer he was concerned about having COVID-19, yangon’s Insein prison government has denied he was infected.
“We are very disappointed with the repeated delays in Danny’s case,” Frontier editor Thomas Kean told The Associated Press. circle of relatives or lawyer. We know that he has done nothing wrong and we hope that soon the case will be withdrawn so that despite everything he can return home to his circle of relatives.
The army-installed government that seizes force in Myanmar in February, also known as Burma, has tried to silence independent media outlets by taking their licenses and arresting dozens of journalists.
“We are deeply involved with the continued detention of U. S. citizen Danny Fenster, who worked as a journalist in Burma,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said last week after Fenster served 100 days in detention.
“Journalism is a crime. The detention of Daniel Fenster and other hounds is an unacceptable attack on freedom of expression in Burma. We continue to pressure the Burmese army regime to release Danny immediately. We will do so until he returns safely to his family. “
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