Letter from JAC-JAPAN TO Mr. Ban Kimon-2008-11-26

Ban Kimon
Secretary General
The United Nations
November 25, 2008
Horourable General Secretary,
We are pro-democracy activists who are resding in Japan and comprising the 26 groups and representatives concerned with the Burma’s affairs.
As you know, the current situation in Burma cannot be said that it is heading to the path to the democratization. The Burma’s problem is very unique and the international society have tried to solve the problem. The United Nations has urged the military regime in Burma to dialogue with the the winner of 1990 elections and ethnic minorties. But no significant dialogue has been emerged among the political stake holders in Burma.
There are about 2000 political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi , 88 Generation Student leaders such as Mm Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi, ethnic minority leaders such Khun Tun Co have been detained for prolong by unreasonable accused. They have demanded the military regime to start genuine dialogue to solve the county’s problems and the differences on the political
issues. The military regime has never responded with the constructive rather than the arrest of them.
Inrecent weeks detained 88 Generation Students leaders, members of the National League for Democracy, human rights activists, sanghas, lawyers and other activists were sentenced to long prison terms without fair trials and defences by the Burmese military regime. We strongly
believe that this kind of activitie of the regime shows that they will crush anyone who oppose its way to hold power forever.
The students leaders and other activists are not extremists. They are moderate, liberal, nonviolent activist who have demended to hold genuine dialogue to solve the Burma’s
problems. They are important for the democratization and consolidation of the democracy in the future Burma. They had launched a campaing, Open Heart Letter Campaign , that the people of Burma can express their feelings, desire and the difficulties that they have to face in their
daily life from January 2007 to March 2007.
The Burma Fund published the report “the findings in the Open Heart Letter campaign in 2007” on November 22, 2008. We are sending a copy of the report accompained with this letter to let you know how the people of Burma have suffered under the military dictatorship.
The 88 Generation Students leaders and other activists have dedicated to democracy and
human rights selflessly. They had already served long prison terms but now they once again sentenced by the military regime.
We would like to request your excellency to use your capacity effectively to release the political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi, the 88 Generation Student leaders and the ethnic
minority leaders, other activists.
Your Faithfully,
Joint Action Committee