New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Seventy-one Myanmarese activists were detained Friday for protesting outside the Myanmar embassy here to oppose the military regime in their country, police said.

The activists shouted slogans against the military junta after reaching the mission at Chanakyapuri, the diplomatic enclave, around 11.30 a.m.

'We detained 71 people. The protesters were opposing the military regime,' Additional Commissioner of Police S. Dash told IANS.

The protesters demanded the release of Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been barred from contesting elections planned this year following new election laws.

They asked the UN to set up a Commission of Enquiry to probe 'war crimes' committed by the military junta.