Free Burma Protest March

Buddhist monks led a march through central London in protest at the military repression in Burma.

Several thousand supporters wearing red headbands in solidarity, chanted "Burma, free". The demonstrators marched to Trafalgar Square after tying the headbands to the gates of Downing Street.

A group of Burmese monks joined campaigners after meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier at Downing Street.

The Trafalgar Square rally began shortly after 12.30pm with chanting by the Burmese monks.

The chants were a message of love and kindness to everyone and also called for an end to the violence in Burma.

Organisers said 10,000 people marched on to the square but the Metropolitan Police put the figure at approximately 3,000.