BANGKOK–A U.S. State Department official called on Wednesday for the immediate release of two American journalists who were arrested by Myanmar’s military junta.
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said the arrests of Danial Fenster and Nathan Maung were of deep concern and urged that they be freed and allowed to return home to their families.
“A free and independent media is indispensable to build prosperous, resilient and free societies. The detention of Daniel and Nathan, as well as arrests and use of violence by the Burmese military against other journalists, constitutes an unacceptable attack on the freedom of expression in Burma,” Sherman told journalists during a stop in Bangkok, referring to Myanmar by its former name.
Sherman is making her first overseas trip since taking office, with visits to Belgium, Turkey,…
