Updated Saturday, November 15, 2008 11:41 am TWN, AP

More Myanmar dissidents get prison sentences

YANGON, Myanmar -- Courts in Myanmar sentenced more than a dozen activists to prison in a continued judicial crackdown on the country’s pro-democracy movement that has drawn international condemnation.

The verdicts Thursday came after the United Nations, the U.S. and Britain denounced long prison terms given to more than 30 democracy activists in military-run Myanmar earlier this week. Some were sentenced at closed-door trials to 65 years in jail.

They included several who played prominent roles ahead of mass pro-democracy protests that were crushed by the ruling junta in September last year.

Thirteen members of the opposition National League for Democracy party were given jail terms Thursday ranging from 4 1/2 to 9 1/2 years on various charges including disturbing public tranquility.

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