The managing editor of an independent online magazine was released from prison in Myanmar, following negotiations between former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson and the ruling military junta.
The Associated Pressand was sentenced last week to 11 years of hard labor, was freed Monday and began his journey home.
Fenster, the managing editor of online magazine Frontier Myanmar, was convicted Friday of spreading false or inflammatory information, contacting illegal organizations and violating visa regulations. Days before his conviction, he learned he had been charged with additional violations of terrorism and treason statutes that put him at risk of an even longer sentence of life in prison.
“We are overjoyed that Danny has been released and is on his way home — we cannot wait to hold him in our arms,” his family said in a statement. “We are tremendously grateful to all the people who have helped secure his release, especially Ambassador Richardson, as well as our friends and the public who have expressed their support and stood by our sides as we endured these long and difficult months.
Frontier Myanmar Editor-in-Chief Thomas Kean said Fenster was"one of many journalists in Myanmar who have been unjustly arrested simply for doing their job since the February coup.”
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