Journalist Danny Fenster is being charged with ‘terrorism’ in Myanmar

Danny Fenster, the metro Detroit native and journalist who has been detained in Myanmar since May

Fenster has been hit with two additional charges, his lawyer said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

"terrorism" charge covers "acts of exhortation, persuasion, propaganda, and recruitment of any person to participate in any terrorist group or activities of terrorism" and carries a penalty of three to seven years in prison.

"treason" charge: penalty between seven to 20 years in prison.

Previously, Fenster was charged for allegedly spreading false or inflammatory information, which is punishable for up to three years in prison; for allegedly contacting "unlawful" groups deemed illegal by the government, which is punishable for up to three years in prison; and for allegedly violating visa conditions, punishable for up to five years in prison.

At the time he had been working as an editor for a publication called Frontier Myanmar. Previously, Myanmar officials said he was detained for his work with a publication called Myanmar Now, but Fenster's supporters say he last worked for Myanmar Now months before the coup.

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2021/11/09/now-journalist-danny-fenster-is-being-charged-with-terrorism-in-myanmar

Editor-in-chief: Thomas Kean

Company: Black Knight Media Co. Ltd.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Myanmar

https://muckrack.com/thomas-kean

Myanmar Now was established by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in 2015

On 8 March 2021, soldiers of the Myanmar military junta raided the headquarters Myanmar Now, before they announced to ban five media outlets amidst the ongoing protests

Editor-in-chief: Swe Win

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_Now

Freelanced for Al Jazeera and New York Times, and set up a short-lived, self-financed internet news service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swe_Win