Aung San Suu Kyi
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to walk to freedom from house arrest today amid massive cheers from supporters, Amnesty International said.
Barricades outside pher house were removed today, as government officials entered the building.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate had been detained for 15 of the past 21 years, but her house arrest order ended today.
Supporters cheered near her home in Rangoon, Burma, in a show of solidarity as her time in detention appeared to come to a long-awaited end.
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