New Delhi - At least 14 prominent student activists in Burma, detained for their involvement in the September 2007 protests, have been sentenced to 65 years imprisonment, a mother of one student activist said.

The mother of Pandeik Tun, one of the student activists reportedly sentenced, told Mizzima that her son, along with 13 others, was sentenced to a prison term of 65 years by a court in Rangoon's Insein prison.

According to her, the student activists sentenced were: Jimmy (aka) Kyaw Minn Yu, Min Zeya, Ant Bwe Kyaw, Zeya (aka) Kalama, Thet Zaw, Aye Than (aka) Thant Tin, Zaw Zaw Min, Pandeik Tun, Nilar Thein, Mar Mar Oo, Sandar Min, Mie Mie (aka) Thin Thin Aye, Thet Thet Aung and Kyaw Kyaw Htwe.

"I was told by a friend who lives in front of Insein prison. He told us that Pandeik Tun and his friends have been sentenced to 65 years, and that the days for prison visits have been changed to Thursdays and Fridays," Pandeik Tun's mother told Mizzima by telephone.

The information, however, cannot be independently verified. Mizzima will continue updating this story as it unfolds.