Abokin aikinsa dan asalin kasar Burma kuma wanda ya kirkiro da shafin yanar gizo Hanthar Nyein yana nan a kurkuku, ana tuhumarsa da yada labaran karya, yayin da ake ci gaba da kuntata wa kafafen yada labarai masu zaman kansu a Burma.
Ko da yake, an saki Nathan Maung ya dawo Amurka, amma wani Ba’amurke, Daniel Fenster, yana tsare a Burma. Fenster yana aiki ne da Frontier Myanmar, mai labarai da mujallar kasuwanci.
Yana kan hanyarsa ta komawa Amurka don ziyarar danginsa a ranar 24 ga Mayu, lokacin da hukumomin Burma suka tsare shi a filin jirgin sama. A wani taron manema labarai, Kakakin Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka Ned Price ya yi kira ga gwamnatin soja ta Burma da ta ba da damar dawowar Daniel Fenster cikin lafiya Amurka.
Tsare ‘yan asalin Amurka wani bangare ne na kame-kame da ake yi wa‘ yan jarida a Burma biyo bayan juyin mulkin da sojoji suka yi, wanda ya kwace mulki a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 2021. A cewar Kwamitin Kare ‘Yan Jaridun, da dama daga cikin‘ yan jarida suna bayan gidan yari, an tsare su yayin samamen da jami'an tsaro suka yi a ofisoshinsu, ko yayin da suke ba da labarin zanga-zangar adawa da tituna da suka mamaye kasar bayan juyin mulkin.
‘Yan jaridar da dama a Burma, ciki har da‘ yan jarida Aung Kyaw, Zaw Zaw, da Min Nyo, a kwanan nan kotunan soja sun yanke masu hukuncin daurin shekaru biyu da uku a karkashin wani kasida a cikin dokar hukunta manyan laifuka da ke yada bayanan da ka iya haifar da rashin aminci ga gwamnati ta bangaren jami'an tsaro ko ma'aikatan gwamnati.
Bugu da kari, hukumomin soji sun soke lasisin kungiyoyin labarai tare da takaita hanyoyin shiga yanar gizo.
Kakakin Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka Price ya lura cewa kafofin watsa labarai masu 'yanci da masu zaman kansu "na da matukar muhimmanci wajen gina al'ummomi masu ci gaba, masu juriya da ‘yanci.
"Mun ga yadda sojoji suka yi mulki a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan suna kokarin dakile ‘yancin fadin albarkacin baki, 'yancin taro," in ji shi. "Kuma suna yin hakan ne da sanin cewa ta hanyar danne bukatun mutanen Burmese ne kawai za su iya rike wani yanayi na kula da su."
Mista Price ya ce, "Za mu matsa lamba kan dukkan 'yan jaridar da aka tsare bisa kuskure a Burma saboda ba su yin komai sai aikinsu, a karshe sun san cewa aikinsu yana kare ‘yancin fadin albarkacin bakin mutanen Burma."