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The United States on Friday called on Myanmar's military regime to release the American editor of a news outlet based in the coup-hit country who was detained earlier this week as he attempted to board a flight.

The mother of journalist Danny Fenster, who is detained in Myanmar, says she and the family “just want him here” in Michigan.

The Law Council of Australia has supported calls to allow an Australian imprisoned in China access to legal representation and consular assistance. Australian writer Dr Yang Hengjun, charged with espi

US seeks freedom for 2 American journalists in Myanmar GRANT PECK, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail This photo provided by Bryan Fenster shows his brother Danny Fenster in September of 2019 in Kraków, Poland. Fenster, an American journalist working for a news magazine in Myanmar has been detained by the authorities there. Frontier Myanmar says Danny Fenster, its managing editor, was detained at Yangons airport as he was preparing to board a flight to Malaysia. (Photo courtesy Byron Fenst...

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military seized power in a February 1 coup, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement.

Australian Ambassador Denied Entry to Beijing Trial of Writer Yang Hengjun Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher has been denied entry to the closed court trial on espionage charges of Australian writer Yang Hengjun which began in Beijing today. “Unfortunately, we’ve just been denied entry into the court,” Fletcher told reporters outside the Beijing Second Intermediate Court on Thursday. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus (novel coronavirus) pandemic was given as the reason ...

The Law Council of Australia strongly supports Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, in calling on the Chinese Government to permit...

Mariné Lourens05:00, May 01 2021 STUFF A Kiwi family spent more than five years battling to get their loved ones body back from Australia after he was buried in an unmarked grave. But their fight for justice is still not over. By the time Deborah Wylie found out her brother, Paul Tait, had died in New South Wales, he had already been dead 15 months, his body lying in an unmarked mass grave. Wylie fought for years to have his body exhumed and brought home, but her fight for accountability and a...

13:34 27.04.2021 Ukraine declares employee of Russias Consulate General in Odesa as undesirable person to stay in country – Ukraines MFA 2 min read The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses a strong protest due to the announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia of the employee of the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow "persona non grata" and declares the consul of the General Consulate of Ruusia in Odesa as an undesirable person to stay on the ter...

Government Honors ‘JEETY’ For Contributions To Liberia’s Socio-Economic Development Government Honors ‘JEETY’ For Contributions To Liberia’s Socio-Economic Development Share The citation states that from 1995 to 1999, Dr. Sachdeva, as President of the Association of Indian Community in Liberia, infused new dynamism into business and cultural exchange between Liberian and Indian residents. MONROVIA – The Government of Liberia (GOL), through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has best...