Aung San Suu Kyi to Be Freed

Posted on Nov 12, 2010

news.bbc.co.uk

A protester wears a shirt bearing Aung San Suu Kyi’s picture and the slogan “Set Her Free!”

Reports are streaming in that suggest Burmese military authorities have authorized the release of pro-democracy superstar Aung San Suu Kyi after a national election in the junta-led country. Suu Kyi has lived the past seven years under house arrest and 15 of the past 21 years in state-sponsored detention.

However, the 65-year-old Suu Kyi has made it clear that she would reject any release that would exclude her from political activity. —JCL

The BBC:

Reports are coming out of Burma saying the military authorities have signed an order authorising the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

But hopes that the Nobel laureate would be freed on Friday appear to be fading.

A leader of her National League for Democracy told 2,000 supporters gathered at the party headquarters to go home and return on Saturday.

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