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Protestors marching towards gate of Burmese embassy in Bangkok2. Protestor marching with chains binding his hands and feet3. Protestors marching from behind, showing \"Myanmar\" (Burma) embassy sign and...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e Bangkok, Thailand, 13 march, 1997\u003cbr/\u003e1. Protestors marching towards gate of Burmese embassy in Bangkok\u003cbr/\u003e2. Protestor marching with chains binding his hands and feet\u003cbr/\u003e3. Protestors marching from behind, showing \"Myanmar\" (Burma) embassy sign and  barbed wire\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close-up wreath dedicated to student killed in Burma protest in 1988, camera tilts up  to show demonstrator\u003cbr/\u003e5. Protestors re-enacting  alleged Burmese government troops rape of an ethnic Karen  Burmese woman\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot demo\u003cbr/\u003e7. Medium shot demonstrators chanting\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close-up speaker\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close-up demonstrators re-enacting alleged Burmese government troops beating a  Burmese man\u003cbr/\u003e10. Pan down showing demonstrator re-enacting beating\u003cbr/\u003e11. Thai police at demo\u003cbr/\u003e12. Camera tilts up from demonstrator on ground to show demonstrator dressed as  Burmese government soldier stepping on him \u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide shot photo press photographing demonstrators\u003cbr/\u003e14. Demonstrators hanging wreath on gate of Burmese embassy \u003cbr/\u003e15. Close-up wreath on gate\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up photograph of girl allegedly arrested by Burmese government, held aloft by  her brother\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot brother holding photograph and newspaper article\u003cbr/\u003e18. Demonstrators\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Aung Htun, Member, Burmese Students Association\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide shot outside gate of Indonesian embassy in Bangkok\u003cbr/\u003e21. Demonstrators outside Indonesian embassy\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close-up pin showing Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese pro-democracy leader\u003cbr/\u003e23. Demonstrators handing letter against Burmese membership in ASEAN to  representative of Indonesian embassy\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (English) Go Ya Chitsein, Overseas National Student Organisation of  Burma\u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide shot outside gate of Indonesian embassy\u003cbr/\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eAmnesty International appealed to the Thai government Thursday not to send 100- thousand Karen refugees back to Burma where the London-based human rights group  said they will face torture, murder and other abuses at the hands of the army.\u003cbr/\u003eThailand has been heavily criticised by Western governments, human rights groups and  aid workers for forcing back as many as five thousand of the 15-thousand Karen  refugees who fled the most recent Burmese military offensive.\u003cbr/\u003eAmnesty International expressed \"grave concern\" that forced repatriations were  continuing, although no independent confirmation has yet been obtained.\u003cbr/\u003eThe plea coincided with demonstrations in the Thai capital Bangkok to commemorate a  slain Burmese democracy advocate in 1988.\u003cbr/\u003eBurmese students in Bangkok Thursday protested alleged atrocities committed by  Burma's army.\u003cbr/\u003eWith one in chains and another dressed as a Burmese soldier, the students re-enacted  what they said are continued and regular brutalities practiced by the Burmese army and  sanctioned by Burma's military government.\u003cbr/\u003eMarch the 13th marked the ninth anniversary of the slaying of Ko Phone Maw, a  Burmese student whose death sparked other protests in 1988. \u003cbr/\u003eBurma's military rulers provoked international condemnation after their violent  crackdown of pro-democracy activists in 1988 when hundreds were killed.\u003cbr/\u003eThursday's demonstration took place amidst controversy over Thailand's role in  repatriating Burmese refugees who say they face persecution if they are forced to return  to Burma.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Thai government said Wednesday that once fighting between Karen guerrillas and  the Burmese Army subsides it will force back all Karen refugees who have taken shelter  in Thailand.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Karen have been fighting for autonomy from the government in Rangoon since 1949,  but during the last decade they have been steadily losing their strongholds in the  mountains of eastern Burma.\u003cbr/\u003eThailand supported the Karen, and other ethnic insurgents, for decades as a buffer  against the Burmese - its foe for centuries.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the administration of Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh now views the  rebels and the refugees as something of a hindrance to improving trade relations with  Burma's military government and has been pressuring the guerrillas to surrender.\u003cbr/\u003eBut for these Burmese students in Bangkok, it was a day to remember those who had  died in Burma fighting for their cause. \u003cbr/\u003eIt was also an occasion for them to urge Thailand, and the international community, not  to get to close to Burma's generals.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We want democracy and human rights in Burma.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Aung Htun, Member, Burmese Students Association\u003cbr/\u003eEarlier on Thursday, some of the students went to the Indonesian embassy in Bangkok  to deliver a letter urging Burma's exclusion from a regional political and economic  association.\u003cbr/\u003eA representative of the Indonesian embassy accepted the letter.\u003cbr/\u003eIndonesia is one of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or  ASEAN and Burma is seeking membership to solidify its acceptance in the region and  gain economic allies.\u003cbr/\u003eIn addition to Indonesia, ASEAN comprises Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the  Philippines and Vietnam.\u003cbr/\u003eBurma badly wants to join.\u003cbr/\u003eThese students contend, however, that support for Burma's bid to join ASEAN will  decrease pressure on Burma's leaders to improve human rights.\u003cbr/\u003eIn this regard, they said, Indonesia is the key.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We want the Indonesian government to stop investment in 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