U.S. journalist arrested when trying to leave Myanmar
by Mongabay.com on 24 May 2021
Danny Fenster, an American journalist working in Myanmar, was detained today by local authorities and prevented from leaving the country.
Fenster, 37, is the managing editor of the news organization Frontier Myanmar.
According to the outlet, Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport ahead of his flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia while on his way home to Detroit, Michigan to surprise his parents, who he hadn’t seen in two years.
Frontier Myanmar said that Fenster appears to have been taken to Insein Prison near Yangon.
Danny Fenster, an American journalist working in Myanmar, was detained today by local authorities and prevented from leaving the country, reports CNN.
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LONDON An American journalist working in Myanmar has been detained there by local authorities, according to his employer and his family.
Frontier Myanmar, a Yangon-based news and business magazine that publishes in print and online in both English and Burmese, said in a statement Monday that its managing editor, Danny Fenster, was detained at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar s largest city as he was preparing to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has since been transferred to Insein Prison in Yangon, which has housed thousands of political prisoners.
An email sent to Myanmar s embassy in the U.S. was not returned by Monday evening.
Bryan Fenster is asking the public to help publicize his brother s detention and to contact their elected officials to help create pressure to get him released.
Danny Fenster has a passion for journalism and how the written word could spark change, Bryan Fenster said. He s got a heart and passion for human rights and social justice, definitely a concerned world citizen.
In a statement Monday on its Facebook page, Frontier Myanmar said Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport this morning shortly before he was due to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur. We understand he has been transferred to Insein Prison in Yangon.
by Allan Lengel Danny Fenster Danny Fenster, a Metro Detroit native and the managing editor of a Myanmar publication, was arrested Monday by that nation s military and was being detained in a prison. Fenster, 37, who was en route to Metro Detroit to visit family, has been an occasional contributor to Deadline Detroit, last writing in 2020 about an Eminem-obsessed restaurateur in Myanmar. His employer, Frontier Myanmar, a news and business magazine, issued a statement saying he was detained at Yangon International Airport and transferred to Insein Prison in Yangon, where political prisoners are held. We do not know why Danny was detained and have not been able to contact him since this morning, the statement said. We are concerned for his wellbeing and call for his immediate release. Our priorities right now are to make sure he is safe and to provide him with whatever assistance he needs.