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US journalist held in Myanmar appears in special court

By AFP
June 18, 2021

YANGON: A US journalist detained in Myanmar since May appeared in a special court on Thursday, his employers said, where he faces charges under a law that criminalises encouraging dissent against the military. "Frontier Myanmar’s managing editor Danny Fenster today appeared in a special court in Yangon’s Insein Prison to face a charge under section 505-A of the Penal Code," the outlet said in a statement.