Copy of letter by The BestFriends to concerned organizations/institutions

Dear......

On behalf of the The Best Friend organisation, I wish to inform you of our concerns about three of our members who were arrested in Burma in 2009 and have been in detention ever since.
Thanda Tun and Ko Nyo (Maung Nyo) were arrested, apparently together with a monk named Ashin Kawvida, last September in Mandalay. Thanda Tun and Ko Nyo are imprisoned in Insein Prison in Yangon, awaiting trial. They are charged under the Immigration Act, for holding foreign currency and for contacting exiled monks organizations.
Ashin Gositha, a monk from Yangon, was arrested at the airport upon his return from Taiwan. He is believed to be in Insein Prison.
We are very concerned about their safety and health. We believe they were arrested and imprisoned solely because of their right to express their beliefs and their support for freedom and democracy in Burma. They are no criminals and should be released immediately and unconditionally.
Amnesty International is aware of their cases and is also concerned about their situation.
As The Best Friend organization, we believe in freedom and democracy and peacefully strive to create change and improvement in the situation in Burma. Our members should not be harassed, imprisoned or tortured for doing this. They should be free to carry out their human rights activities.
We hope, you can be of help in these cases and we thank you very much for your attention to this matter.
Yours sincerely,
On behalf of The Best Friend - www.thebestfriend.org,

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands