Burma after the suppression of a student demonstration, families in anguish


More than 120 people were arrested yesterday by police while participating in a new event in


Since their relatives are not new. They shouted their names while those arrested were brought to justice.


A crackdown condemned by Washington and Brussels and domestically by the party of opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize Aung San Suu Kyi.


"I hope that people pray for them, for their sacrifice. The government should do good instead of bringing the people to hate, "said the mother of an arrested student.


"It is unacceptable to us. This should not happen. This is not just my daughter and other students who were beaten, there were also other people, all require a change in the law on education for the common good, "said the father of a Student arrested.


The Burmese government has announced an investigation, but students continued their march towards Rangoon, despite the policemen devices. They challenge a reform of education they described as "undemocratic" and they want changes, including decentralization of the education system, the ability to form unions and education in the languages ​​of many ethnic minorities.






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