Myanmar: US journalist sentenced to 11 years in prison
By DW
15 November 2021 |
8:37 am
Danny Fenster was sentenced on several charges, including incitement for allegedly spreading false or inflammatory information. He is the first Western journalist to be jailed in Myanmar in years.
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