More than 100 Buddhist monks marched on Wednesday for the first time after the crackdown on the pro-democracy demonstrations.

The march took place in the Burmese town of Pakokku, a Buddhist centre for learning with more than 80 monasteries, about 330 miles north-northwest of Yangon. The monks were peaceful and did not shout any slogans. According to media sources, they marched for an hour, praying, and then returned to their monasteries.

This was the first protest made by the monks since the military crackdown on the pro-democracy demonstrations in which almost 110 people were killed, 40 of them being Buddhist monks.

One monk told the Democratic Voice of Burma: “We walked around the town and chanted ... We are continuing our protest from last month as we have not yet achieved any of the demands we asked for.”

He also said that they had little time to prepare and it was a small demonstration, but he promised that bigger and more organized ones are to be prepared in the future.

Last month’s demonstration gathered 100,000 people; it was crushed by the troops on September 26 and 27, leaving at least 10 people dead, according to the government’s count.

According to the military junta, they detained more than 2,900 people during the crackdown, and it is believed that hundreds of them are still detained. It is estimated that 200 people may have been killed.

Human Rights Watch reported that the Burmese army is recruiting children as young as 10. The US based human rights organization urged the UN Security Council to take some measures in punishing Burma over the use of children as soldiers.

The report said: “Even before the crackdown, young men were often reluctant to join the military ... the use of the army in the attacks, killings and detention of protesters may further discourage voluntary enlistment, and prompt recruiters to seek out even greater numbers of child recruits.”