Students in Kolkata protest against Myanmar crackdown

Hundreds of students took out a protest rally here today against crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators by the military government in Myanmar and expressed solidarity with the Myanmarese demonstrators.

Kolkata, Oct 4 : Hundreds of students took out a protest rally here today against crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators by the military government in Myanmar and expressed solidarity with the Myanmarese demonstrators.

Members of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and Students Federation of India (SFI) raised slogans and marched through the streets of Kolkata.

"Today all the Leftist and democratic students of West Bengal have taken out a rally to protest against the Myanmarese junta crackdown and we are raising our voice that democratic government should be set up in Myanmar at the earliest," said SFI leader Aparbo Chatterjee.

In Yangon, the pro-democracy movement led by monks is being violently repressed by the military government and at least nine people have died in the crackdown.

Meanwhile, continuing its crackdown following last week's protests, the military has reportedly arrested scores of Myanmarese.

The international community has expressed concern over the violent crackdown.

ANI