Filed under: News, Inside Burma Detained members of the 88 Generation Students Group will refuse to cooperate with the court at their trial unless family members are allowed to attend, their lawyers have announced. Aung Tun, brother of activist Ko Ko Gyi, said the authorities had informed families of the accused on Friday that they would not be allowed to attend court hearings in Insein Prison. Family members were admitted to a previous hearing in early September. Aung Tun said it wasn’t known why they were being excluded from the next sessions of the Rangoon East district court. The authorities have also changed the days for family visits, and refused Htay Htay Kyi, the sister of detained political and labor activist Su Su Nway, permission to visit her. Tate Naing, secretary of the Thailand-based Assistance Association for...
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