YANGON - TWENTY-THREE pro-democracy activists arrested during demonstrations in Myanmar last year were sentenced to 65 years each in jail by a court on Tuesday, a family member said.

The activists were sentenced at a hearing at the notorious Insein prison in the military-ruled country's commercial hub of Yangon.

'Altogether 23 activists were sentenced today at Insein prison. They were sentenced to 65 years each', a family member told AFP on condition of anonymity. -- AFP