Suu Kyi turns 66
Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 66th birthday yesterday, her first as a free woman for almost a decade.
She was released from seven years of house arrest in November, having spent much of the past two decades as a prisoner in her own home, with the military regime never accepting her landslide election win in 1990.
In previous years, Suu Kyi's supporters across the globe used her anniversary to reiterate calls for her release.
For her first free birthday in nine years the Nobel Peace Laureate went to Yangon airport to meet the younger of her two sons, British national Kim Aris, who travelled to be with his mother for the occasion.
"I'm very glad," she told reporters after being greeted by Aris with a kiss. She also thanked onlookers who wished her a happy birthday.
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