H.E. Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra
Prime Minister of The Royal Thailand

Thru: H.E. Mr. Sakthip Krairiksh
The Royal Thai Embassy
1024 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W
Suite 401, Washington, D.C
USA

Date: August 8, 2003

Your Excellency:

We would like to urge you to release the 12 Burmese activists, who are members of Democratic Federation of Burma (DFB) and being detained in the immigration detention center since July 26, 2003. They have been peacefully holding demonstrations in front of Burmese Embassy in Thailand, to release our democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her loyal supporters in Burma.

It is sure that they had used democratic ways that is through a non-violence mean in the demonstrations. There were no other purposes of holding the demonstrations, except for the immediate release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners, and free Burma.
According to our sources, they have been staging a hunger strike for four days in the detention. We do deeply worry and concern about their safety and health condition.

We earnestly would like to demand you:

1. To release them immediately
2. To give them a protection and security
3. To allow them to freely participating in our democratic movement
4. To support the restoration of democracy and human rights in Burma

We highly appreciate your consideration and cooperation for free Burma.

Yours sincerely and respectfully,

Democratic Federation of Burma
New York