11.   Calls to free Aung San Suu Kyi were sounded in the US Congress, by Burmese exiles in Japan and Thailand, and Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa.

12.   The United States and Japan led foreign governments, human rights organizations and Burmese exiles in expressing concern at the wave of detentions.

13.   The United States links some of its military aid to Thailand to treatment of Burmese exiles, democracy activists and refugees.

14.   Supporters of sanctions against Burma have drawn increasing support from a grassroots campaign launched over the Internet by Burmese exiles and dissidents.