Myanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years in jail

BANGKOK (AP) — A tribunal successful military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced U.S. writer Danny Fenster to 11 years successful situation with hard labor.

That’s the maximum punishment nether his 3 charges, contempt calls by the United States and rights groups for Fenster’s release.

It was the harshest punishment yet among the 7 journalists known to person been convicted since the subject ousted an elected authorities successful February.

The 37-year-old from Detroit has been detained successful Myanmar for much than 5 months arsenic helium faced charges that see visa breaches, unlawful relation with an amerciable group, and incitement nether conception 505a of Myanmar’s Penal Code, which marque it a transgression to people oregon circulate comments that “cause fear” oregon dispersed “false news,” CNN reports.

Fenster, the managing exertion of the online mag Frontier Myanmar, is inactive facing further coercion and treason charges nether which helium could person up to beingness successful prison.

Fenster's harsh punishment is the ruling military’s latest rebuff of calls from astir the satellite for a peaceful extremity to Myanmar’s governmental crisis.