Danny Fenster, an American journalist, was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Myanmar court on Friday, according to his lawyer and employer.
Fenster was found guilty of breaking immigration laws, forming an illegal association, and promoting military disobedience.
Fenster was charged with two more counts of sedition and terrorism earlier this week, with a possible sentence of life in jail.
In May, the 37-year-old managing editor of the online publication Frontier Myanmar was arrested at Yangon International Airport.
In May, the 37-year-old managing editor of the online publication Frontier Myanmar was arrested at Yangon International Airport. Since a military coup in February, he has been one of the dozens of local journalists who have been jailed.
Fenster had previously worked for Myanmar Now, an independent news outlet that has been critical of the military since the coup, Frontier said.
"All of the charges stemmed from allegations that he worked for Myanmar Now, a banned news organization. Danny had left Myanmar Now in July last year and joined Frontier the following month; thus, he had been with the news outlet for more than nine months when he was arrested in May 2021, the news site said.
"There is no evidence to support Danny's conviction on these counts."
On November 16, Fenster will go on trial for the new charges.
His sentencing comes months after a Japanese freelance journalist was arrested and charged with spreading fake news in Myanmar.
Yuki Kitazumi, a correspondent for a number of prominent Japanese news sources, was one of the few foreign journalists in Myanmar. Myanmar police claim he broke the law, but he was released after Japan requested it.
The United States has pressured Myanmar's military administration to release him, but a military representative insisted that he be kept in detention.
The U.S. State Department said in a statement before the sentencing that "Danny's incarceration is egregiously unjustified, as the entire world can see. Now is the time for the regime to take the responsible move of freeing him."
Myanmar's military leaders seized control in February after the government National League of Democracy was defeated in a landslide election.
Despite the fact that the country's election commission said there was no proof to substantiate these assertions, it said it had no choice but to carry out the coup.
The coup d'état provoked large public protests around the country, which the military violently dispersed.
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said at least 1,178 people had been slain and 7,355 arrested, accused, or sentenced in a crackdown on dissent since then.
