The Best Friend Library, which was founded in 1999 by two Burmese monks in exile, organized a rally on Thursday in support of Burma’s ethnic people and political prisoners in front of the US Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The rally coincides with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's historic visit to Burma and was attended by several prominent ethnic activists.
The purpose of the demonstration is to call on the US and all nations engaging with the Burmese government to demand an immediate end to human rights abuses in ethnic areas, as well as freedom for all political prisoners. Currently, Clinton is in Burma for three days.