Police detain students protesting against months-long internet shutdown in Rakhine state in Myanmar, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
(Reuters) - Myanmar police detained three students after breaking up an anti-government demonstration in the restive Rakhine state on Wednesday, a student group and a human rights body said on Thursday.
They said the three men, in their early twenties, were taken away in the state capital of Sittwe after protesting with placards that read "oppose murdering fascism" and called for the restoration of internet access, which authorities say has been cut in swathes of Rakhine for security reasons.
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