The U.S. National Press Club has announced honourees of the 2021 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, an honour which recognizes one international journalist and one domestic journalist who bravely push to disclose the truth in trying circumstances.

The 2021 Aubuchon honourees are Haze Fan, a Chinese citizen, who has been detained in Beijing while working for Bloomberg, and Danny Fenster, managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, who has been jailed in Myanmar since May 24.

Fenster, was taken into custody at Yangon International Airport on his way home to Detroit, Michigan to see family. He remains in Insein Prison until his trial.