Family Vows to Win Freedom of US Journalist Held in Myanmar

DETROIT - The parents and brother of an American journalist who has been detained in Myanmar for 100 days vowed Tuesday to never stop working to secure his release.

Danny Fenster, 37, is managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, an independent online news outlet based in Yangon, the Southeast Asian nation’s largest city. He was detained May 24 while trying to board a flight to visit his family who live in the Detroit area, and is being held in Yangon’s Insein Prison. "We're just trying to stay tough — as tough as Danny is — and we're not going to stop until we bring him home," Buddy Fenster, his father, said during a news conference held via Zoom. Myanmar's military-installed government accuses Fenster of incitement, saying he spread false or inflammatory information. If convicted, Fenster could be imprisoned for up to three years.