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American Journalist Detained in Myanmar
Voice of America
25 May 2021, 06:05 GMT+10
A U.S. journalist working for a news magazine in Myanmar has been detained by authorities, according to his news organization.
Frontier Myanmar said on Twitter that its managing editor, Danny Fenster, was detained Monday at the main Yangon International Airport while preparing to board a flight to Malaysia and was transferred to Yangon s Insein Prison. We do not know why Danny was detained and have not been able to contact him, the news magazine said. We are concerned for his well-being and call for his immediate release. Our priorities now are to make sure he is safe and provide him with whatever assistance he needs, it said.
Malaysian Cartoonist Accused of Slander Over Caricature of Chief Minister
Three police reports have been lodged against Zulkiflee Anwar Alhaque, popularly known as Zunar.
Malaysian cartoonist Zunar. Photo: Khairil Yusof/Flickr CC BY 2.0
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New Delhi: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called upon Malaysian authorities to drop all charges against cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Alhaque, who was questioned on May 7 by the country’s Kedah state police and had his phone seized.
Alhaque, more popularly known as Zunar, was questioned over a caricature of Kedah’s chief minister (called menteri besar) Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor. This is the fifth mobile phone that has been seized by police in a âflurry of investigationsâ since 2015 over his artwork, according to
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