BANGKOK (AP) — Courts in Myanmar have sentenced nine activists to up to 37 years in prison for involvement in a protest calling for a boycott of the elections last December, an activist group said Wednesday. A ninth activist was sentenced to 27 years after being convicted under the counterterrorism law, she said. The activists will not appeal the verdicts because they do not believe the sentences would be overturned, May Hnin said. The election law , enacted in July last year by the previous military government, imposes punishments of up to the death penalty for anyone who opposes or disrupts elections. Opponents and independent observers said the election, which did not include major opposition parties, was neither free nor fair.