A court in Myanmar accused a US journalist of inciting mutiny and sentenced him to 11 years 
activities and incitement to mutiny and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. This is reported by Reuters.
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According to the lawyer, the editor-in-chief of the independent publication Frontier Myanmar was charged on several other counts. The court found him guilty of violating the visa regime and contacts with banned organizations.
Fenster was detained on May 24, 2021 at Yangon International Airport. He was supposed to fly to Malaysia. The journalist was transferred to Insein prison. The US authorities have repeatedly called for an end to the violence and the release of political prisoners from prisons, including the editor of Frontier Myanmar and Australian Sean Turnell.
In October it became known that the government of the junta in Myanmar will release more than 5.6 thousand participants from prison anti-war protests. According to the leader of the military government, Min Aung Hline, the amnesty was announced “for humanitarian reasons.”
In February 2021, a military coup took place in Myanmar. Fighters of the commander-in-chief of Myanmar, Min Aung Hline, dispersed the current government and arrested the country's President Vin Myin and Aung San Suu Kyi, who served as a state adviser and foreign minister. Soon, protests in support of the ousted government began in the country.
The people's deputies who had lost power organized the NUG and began to fight the military regime. They are currently in exile and are not allowed to hold official positions in the country.