Aung Aung Tun said the 88 Generation Students leaders and other human rights activists were suffering from ongoing abuses and a lack of proper medical assistance in the prison.

“Ko Ko Gyi has not been eating well for more than 20 days due to his stomach problem,” Aung Aung Tun said.

“He can only eat boiled rice and other things that are easily digestible.”

Aung Aung Tun said the activists were also being held in isolation and had not been able to take any exercise for the past month.

“He and other 88 generation students are being held in what amounts to solitary confinement,” he said.

“Before, they were allowed an hour’s walk every day inside the prison. But now they have been in confined like this for over a month and they haven’t exercised their legs in that time.”

Aung Aung Tun said other student leaders were also suffering from health problems, including Min Ko Naing, who continues to have eye problems after being denied permission to see a specialist.

“Ko Hla Myo Naung is going to completely lose his vision,” Aung Aung Tun went on to say.

“He had already gone blind in one eye due to a lack of treatment and now his other eye is getting worse and worse.”