Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been released from house arrest by the Burmese military authorities. The alumnus and Honorary Fellow of St Hugh’s College has been detained for 15 of the last 21 years by the regime.
Crowds of people waited for over 24 hours outside her home to catch a glimpse of “the lady”, described by President Obama as “a personal hero of mine”. A Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi’s first order of business was a meeting with an invited corps of diplomats, including representatives from Britain.
Her release came less than a week after the political party the Union Solidarity and Development Party, backed by Burma’s military, won the country’s first democratic election in 20 years.
