The military junta in Myanmar seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Since then, military authorities have cracked down on protests and dissent, killing some 1,269 people and arresting more than 10,000, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an advocacy group monitoring the situation. Rights of citizens were suddenly suspended and free speech became a dangerous road to tread upon. The numbers of journalists arrested vary, going from at least forty seven and into potential hundreds. The American journalist Danny Fenster, who recently made it back home from behind Burmese bars was one of the lucky few who have been able to escape the tyranny that Myanmar finds itself in.

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