Danny Fenster, the managing editor of online news outlet Frontier Myanmar, was arrested in May in Myanmar on incitement charges.
However, his lawyer Than Zaw Aung said last month that Fenster was arrested in connection to his former job as a reporter and copy editor for the website Myanmar Now. Officials at Yangon's Insein Prison said Fenster does not have the virus, but Than Zaw Aung said his client told him he has COVID-19 and is being denied medicines.
Fenster could be sentenced to up to three years' imprisonment for being charged with incitement. The military-installed government has tried to silence independent news media by withdrawing their licenses and by arresting dozens of journalists.
Insein Prison began a two-week lockdown on July 8 due to the virus surge. Fenster participated in Thursday's brief pretrial hearing from the prison, while the lawyer took part from a township court.
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