YANGON (AFP)--Nine Buddhist monks were sentenced to between six and eight years in jail by courts in Myanmar this week for taking part in last year's anti-junta protests, an opposition party spokesman said Friday.
At least 14 members of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party were also given prison terms of between four and 10 years, said party spokesman Nyan Win.
Rights groups say Myanmar has intensified efforts to curb dissent ahead of elections in 2010 with a series of heavy sentences on pro-democracy activists this week.
Source: Myanmar News.Net
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