After the protests, the military government had arrested hundreds of monks and activists. They describe routine beatings and poor conditions within the prisons.
"I saw so many men - their backs were very red from the beatings. Some of the monks were bleeding from their mouth because the soldiers were hitting them with a stick, and one monk didn't have any teeth left, " the monk said.
Total control
On the outside, the government has relaxed restrictions in
Yangon and a night-time curfew has been lifted.
There are fewer soldiers on the streets, but the generals are still in power, the dire social and economic conditions which sparked the protests remain and people are still defiant.
Human Rights Watch have accused the
government of recruiting child soldiers
"Our demands are for lower commodity prices, national reconciliation and immediate release of [pro-democracy leader] Aung San Suu Kyi and all the political prisoners, " said a monk protesting in Pakokku. He said the march on Wednesday was small as they had little time to organise it, but added: "There will be more organised and bigger protests soon."
Activists who had been under arrest told Al Jazeera they were determined to continue their protests.
One said: "So many people are dying... we must struggle. "Now we will be joining [together] and also waiting [for] the time when we have a good chance... to be able to start again."
'Child soldiers'Meanwhile,
Myanmar's military rulers are looking to expand the country's armed forces.
There are high desertion rates and a lack of willing volunteers.
According to the US-based Human Rights Watch children as young as 10 are being forced to join
Myanmar's armed forces with the government offering brokers cash and other incentives for each new recruit.
Myanmar has rejected the group's report saying HRW "based its report on baseless accusations and exaggerated lies of insurgent groups on the border".
The monks told Al Jazeera that an expansion of the army will lead to more violence.
There is still no exact figure for the number of people who were killed last month, nor how many were arrested.
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