Aung San Suu Kyi

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 13: A supporter of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi holds a bouquet of flowers as supporters of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gather inside the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 13, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi, now aged 65, had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 13: Supporters of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wear 'We stand with Aung San Suu Kyi' t-shirts as they gather inside the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 13, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi, now aged 65, had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi giving a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest, at her party's headquarters in Yangon. A court in Myanmar heard final arguments on September 18, 2009, in Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her conviction and house arrest, but the ruling junta has barred her from attending, her lawyers said. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN SHAVER This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press confernence after being freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh uncertainty this week over her internationally condemned trial, with her US co-defendant's illness threatening to further delay the verdict. A prison court is scheduled to hand down judgment on Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw when it meets on August 11, 2009 for what was expected to be the final episode in the nearly three-month-long legal imbroglio.

This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi giving a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest, at her party's headquarters in Yangon. A court in Myanmar heard final arguments on September 18, 2009, in Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her conviction and house arrest, but the ruling junta has barred her from attending, her lawyers said. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN SHAVER This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press confernence after being freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh uncertainty this week over her internationally condemned trial, with her US co-defendant's illness threatening to further delay the verdict. A prison court is scheduled to hand down judgment on Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw when it meets on August 11, 2009 for what was expected to be the final episode in the nearly three-month-long legal imbroglio.

This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi giving a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest, at her party's headquarters in Yangon. A court in Myanmar heard final arguments on September 18, 2009, in Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her conviction and house arrest, but the ruling junta has barred her from attending, her lawyers said. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN SHAVER This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press confernence after being freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh uncertainty this week over her internationally condemned trial, with her US co-defendant's illness threatening to further delay the verdict. A prison court is scheduled to hand down judgment on Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw when it meets on August 11, 2009 for what was expected to be the final episode in the nearly three-month-long legal imbroglio.

This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi giving a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest, at her party's headquarters in Yangon. A court in Myanmar heard final arguments on September 18, 2009, in Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her conviction and house arrest, but the ruling junta has barred her from attending, her lawyers said. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN SHAVER This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press confernence after being freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh uncertainty this week over her internationally condemned trial, with her US co-defendant's illness threatening to further delay the verdict. A prison court is scheduled to hand down judgment on Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw when it meets on August 11, 2009 for what was expected to be the final episode in the nearly three-month-long legal imbroglio.

This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi giving a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest, at her party's headquarters in Yangon. A court in Myanmar heard final arguments on September 18, 2009, in Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her conviction and house arrest, but the ruling junta has barred her from attending, her lawyers said. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN SHAVER This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press confernence after being freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh uncertainty this week over her internationally condemned trial, with her US co-defendant's illness threatening to further delay the verdict. A prison court is scheduled to hand down judgment on Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw when it meets on August 11, 2009 for what was expected to be the final episode in the nearly three-month-long legal imbroglio.

This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi giving a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest, at her party's headquarters in Yangon. A court in Myanmar heard final arguments on September 18, 2009, in Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her conviction and house arrest, but the ruling junta has barred her from attending, her lawyers said. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN SHAVER This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press confernence after being freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh uncertainty this week over her internationally condemned trial, with her US co-defendant's illness threatening to further delay the verdict. A prison court is scheduled to hand down judgment on Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw when it meets on August 11, 2009 for what was expected to be the final episode in the nearly three-month-long legal imbroglio.

This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi giving a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest, at her party's headquarters in Yangon. A court in Myanmar heard final arguments on September 18, 2009, in Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her conviction and house arrest, but the ruling junta has barred her from attending, her lawyers said. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN SHAVER This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press confernence after being freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh uncertainty this week over her internationally condemned trial, with her US co-defendant's illness threatening to further delay the verdict. A prison court is scheduled to hand down judgment on Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw when it meets on August 11, 2009 for what was expected to be the final episode in the nearly three-month-long legal imbroglio.

This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi giving a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest, at her party's headquarters in Yangon. A court in Myanmar heard final arguments on September 18, 2009, in Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her conviction and house arrest, but the ruling junta has barred her from attending, her lawyers said. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN SHAVER This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press confernence after being freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh uncertainty this week over her internationally condemned trial, with her US co-defendant's illness threatening to further delay the verdict. A prison court is scheduled to hand down judgment on Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw when it meets on August 11, 2009 for what was expected to be the final episode in the nearly three-month-long legal imbroglio.

This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi giving a press conference after being freed from 19 months under house arrest, at her party's headquarters in Yangon. A court in Myanmar heard final arguments on September 18, 2009, in Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against her conviction and house arrest, but the ruling junta has barred her from attending, her lawyers said. AFP PHOTO/STEPHEN SHAVER This file photo taken on May 6, 2002 shows Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press confernence after being freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces fresh uncertainty this week over her internationally condemned trial, with her US co-defendant's illness threatening to further delay the verdict. A prison court is scheduled to hand down judgment on Nobel Peace laureate Suu Kyi and US citizen John Yettaw when it meets on August 11, 2009 for what was expected to be the final episode in the nearly three-month-long legal imbroglio.

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meets with UN special representive to Myanmar Vijay Nambiar (L) at her house in Yangon on November 27, 2010. A senior UN official met Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a two-day visit to Yangon, a government official in the military-ruled country said.

Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi addresses a press conference 29 November after her opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) pulled out of Burma's National Convention. Aung San Suu Kyi said the NLD will continue to boycott the convention, charged with drawing up a new constitution for Burma, until the military agreed to hold talks with the oppostion.

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) shakes hand with UN special representive to Myanmar Vijay Nambiar (L) at her house in Yangon on November 27, 2010. A senior UN official met Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a two-day visit to Yangon, a government official in the military-ruled country said.

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) gestures as she talks with UN special representive to Myanmar Vijay Nambiar (L) at her house in Yangon on November 27, 2010. A senior UN official met Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a two-day visit to Yangon, a government official in the military-ruled country said.

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to journalists after a meeting with UN special representive to Myanmar Vijay Nambiar (L) at her house in Yangon on November 27, 2010. A senior UN official met Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a two-day visit to Yangon, a government official in the military-ruled country said.

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meets with UN special representive to Myanmar Vijay Nambiar (L) at her house in Yangon on November 27, 2010. A senior UN official met Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a two-day visit to Yangon, a government official in the military-ruled country said.

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (C) speaks to journalists after a meeting with UN special representive to Myanmar Vijay Nambiar (L) at her house in Yangon on November 27, 2010. A senior UN official met Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a two-day visit to Yangon, a government official in the military-ruled country said.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 13: Supporters of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hold up portraits of her at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 13, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi, now aged 65, had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

A bronze statue of Aung San Suu Kyi is displayed at an art exhibition organised by the National League for Democracy in Yangon, 02 January 2007. Myanmar's opposition party, which is led by the detained Aung San Suu Kyi, opened an art sale to raise money to help hundreds of political prisoners and their families. The money will go to buy medicine for political prisoners, who often are given little access to medical treatment, and to help support their families, Myint Thein said. The United Nations estimates that Myanmar has some 1,100 political prisoners, and Myint Thein said the party's fund to support them was facing financial difficulties because of the enormous need for help among prisoners' families.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 13: Supporters of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hold up portraits of her at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 13, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi, now aged 65, had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 13: Supporters of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hold up portraits of her at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 13, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi, now aged 65, had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 13: Supporters of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hold up portraits of her at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 13, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi, now aged 65, had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi gather at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi gather at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi leaves a press conference at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi gather at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi gather at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi gather at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi gather at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi holds a press conference at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi addresses thousands of her supporters at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

Indonesian protesters display banners and placards with pictures of Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration in front of the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, 25 May 2007. Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the Myanmar embassy demanding to the military junta of the country to release Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar's military government defied a global clamour for Aung San Suu Kyi's release by extending her three-year detention by another year. She has spent 10 of the past 17 years in detention.

A member of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) reads a newspaper at the NLD headquarters in Yangon on November, 10 2010. Preparations are under way for the expected release of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, officials said, after the army's proxies claimed a landslide election win. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has spent most of the past two decades locked up, is due to be freed on November 13, just days after a widely criticised election that her party boycotted. The banner hanging (top) reads 'Aung San Suu Kyi will be released - 2 more days'.

YANGON, BURMA - NOVEMBER 14: Aung San Suu Kyi holds a press conference at her National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on November 14, 2010 in Yangon, Burma. Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been held under house arrest for the majority of the past 15 years but has now finally been released by the country's military leaders. After the first elections in 20 years the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is reported to have won the election.

A member of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party holds a portrait of General Aung San, national hero and father of Aung San Suu Kyi, at the party's headquarters in Yangon on February 12, 2008. Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy urged the military government to create a 'fair political climate,' after the regime announced a constitutional referendum for May.