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Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been released after spending 15 of the past 21 years in detention, triggering wild celebrations among her supporters.
See live coverage of her release on skynews.com/liveplus
The Nobel peace prize winner appeared at the gates of her Rangoon compound as thousands of people chanted, cheered and sang the national anthem.
She greeted the crowd, telling them: "We must work together in unison to achieve our goal."
Ms Suu Kyi urged them to go the party's headquarters in the capital on Sunday where she would speak further.
Sky's correspondent at the scene - who we are not naming because she has had to defy a ban on foreign media to enter the country - said: "Aung San Suu Kyi looks humbled by this occasion.
"She has been handed white flowers by the crowd. She's wearing a lilac dress. She looks in good spirits and looks healthy."
Burma's pro-democray leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters after being released from house arrest
Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters after being released
Ms Suu Kyi, 65, has become a symbol for a struggle to rid Burma of decades of military rule.
She has been in jail or under house arrest for 15 of the last 21 years.
The correspondent added: "It's getting dark here and people had begun to perhaps fear this was not going to happen but in the end this period of house arrest finally came to an end.
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"There was a phenomenal amount of pushing and shoving as everybody was desperate to get to the front of the house to get a glimpse of this woman."
A release order was read by authorities to Ms Suu Kyi before barricades were removed from her home and police guards removed from their posts.
Reacting to news of her release, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said: "This is long overdue.
"Aung San Suu Kyi is an inspiration for all of us who believe in freedom of speech, democracy and human rights. Her detention was a travesty, designed only to silence the voice of the Burmese people.
"Freedom is Aung San Suu Kyi's right. The Burmese regime must now uphold it."
US President Barack Obama called her "a hero of mine", while the Burma Campaign UK also welcomed her freedom.
But the organisation warned it should not be interpreted as a sign that democratic reform is on the way.
International co-ordinator Zoya Phan said: "The release of Aung San Suu Kyi is about public relations, not democratic reform.
"I am thrilled to see our democracy leader free at last, but the release is not part of any political process.
"Instead it is designed to get positive publicity for the dictatorship after the blatant rigging of elections on November 7."
Burma Campaign UK called for the immediate release of 2,202 political prisoners who remain in detention.
In the hours before her release thousands of Ms Suu Kyi's supporters had gathered outside her home calling for her to be freed.
The pro-democracy activist was first detained by Burma's military dictators in July 1989, soon after an election was called for the following year.
Read how Ms Suu Kyi came to be regarded as the world's foremost prisoner of conscience
The Sky correspondent said: "All day since first light here there had been police at the barricade, but in fairly small numbers.
"But a couple of hour ago, a crowd started to grow in numbers and about 40 riot police went up to the barricade - it was very intimidating.
"However things all started to come to an end when they started to unpick the wire and pull back those barricades.
"The crowd started running a quarter of a mile towards Aung San Suu Kyi’s house - a place that had been denied to Burmese for seven years."
Supporters of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gather outside her home in Rangoon
Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi gather outside her home in Rangoon
Ms Suu Kyi was detained because of her opposition to the junta in one of the world's most reclusive, oppressive countries.
Last week, an army-backed party won the country's first election in 20 years - it was widely dismissed as a sham to cement military power under a facade of democracy.
The generals may be trying to seek some international legitimacy by freeing Suu Kyi.
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See pictures from down the years one of the world's most prominent political prisoners has spent in detention
And it could be the first step towards a review of Western sanctions against the nation.
Many experts argue that the sanctions benefit the junta, allowing generals and their cronies to dominate industry in a country rich in natural gas, timber and minerals.
Pessimists also question whether the generals really care about their image when they are assured of diplomatic and economic support from their neighbours, in particular China.
Ms Suu Kyi was due for release last year but was convicted for violating the terms of her previous detention by briefly sheltering an American man who swam uninvited across a lake to her home.
She may be physically small but she is a giant, and her stature is built on her moral superiority to those who have made her define her life by sacrifice.
Sky's foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall
She took up the democracy struggle in 1988, after being thrust into a leadership role primarily due to her being the daughter of martyred independence leader General Aung San.
Ms Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, having been detained on national security charges and put under house arrest the previous year.
She was released in 1995 but has spent much of the time since then in detention, either in jail or under house arrest.
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been released after spending 15 of the past 21 years in detention, triggering wild celebrations among her supporters.
See live coverage of her release on skynews.com/liveplus
The Nobel peace prize winner appeared at the gates of her Rangoon compound as thousands of people chanted, cheered and sang the national anthem.
She greeted the crowd, telling them: "We must work together in unison to achieve our goal."
Ms Suu Kyi urged them to go the party's headquarters in the capital on Sunday where she would speak further.
Sky's correspondent at the scene - who we are not naming because she has had to defy a ban on foreign media to enter the country - said: "Aung San Suu Kyi looks humbled by this occasion.
"She has been handed white flowers by the crowd. She's wearing a lilac dress. She looks in good spirits and looks healthy."
Burma's pro-democray leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters after being released from house arrest
Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters after being released
Ms Suu Kyi, 65, has become a symbol for a struggle to rid Burma of decades of military rule.
She has been in jail or under house arrest for 15 of the last 21 years.
The correspondent added: "It's getting dark here and people had begun to perhaps fear this was not going to happen but in the end this period of house arrest finally came to an end.
Facts about Aung San Suu Kyi
"There was a phenomenal amount of pushing and shoving as everybody was desperate to get to the front of the house to get a glimpse of this woman."
A release order was read by authorities to Ms Suu Kyi before barricades were removed from her home and police guards removed from their posts.
Reacting to news of her release, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said: "This is long overdue.
"Aung San Suu Kyi is an inspiration for all of us who believe in freedom of speech, democracy and human rights. Her detention was a travesty, designed only to silence the voice of the Burmese people.
"Freedom is Aung San Suu Kyi's right. The Burmese regime must now uphold it."
US President Barack Obama called her "a hero of mine", while the Burma Campaign UK also welcomed her freedom.
But the organisation warned it should not be interpreted as a sign that democratic reform is on the way.
International co-ordinator Zoya Phan said: "The release of Aung San Suu Kyi is about public relations, not democratic reform.
"I am thrilled to see our democracy leader free at last, but the release is not part of any political process.
"Instead it is designed to get positive publicity for the dictatorship after the blatant rigging of elections on November 7."
Burma Campaign UK called for the immediate release of 2,202 political prisoners who remain in detention.
In the hours before her release thousands of Ms Suu Kyi's supporters had gathered outside her home calling for her to be freed.
The pro-democracy activist was first detained by Burma's military dictators in July 1989, soon after an election was called for the following year.
Read how Ms Suu Kyi came to be regarded as the world's foremost prisoner of conscience
The Sky correspondent said: "All day since first light here there had been police at the barricade, but in fairly small numbers.
"But a couple of hour ago, a crowd started to grow in numbers and about 40 riot police went up to the barricade - it was very intimidating.
"However things all started to come to an end when they started to unpick the wire and pull back those barricades.
"The crowd started running a quarter of a mile towards Aung San Suu Kyi’s house - a place that had been denied to Burmese for seven years."
Supporters of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gather outside her home in Rangoon
Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi gather outside her home in Rangoon
Ms Suu Kyi was detained because of her opposition to the junta in one of the world's most reclusive, oppressive countries.
Last week, an army-backed party won the country's first election in 20 years - it was widely dismissed as a sham to cement military power under a facade of democracy.
The generals may be trying to seek some international legitimacy by freeing Suu Kyi.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi red chevron
See pictures from down the years one of the world's most prominent political prisoners has spent in detention
And it could be the first step towards a review of Western sanctions against the nation.
Many experts argue that the sanctions benefit the junta, allowing generals and their cronies to dominate industry in a country rich in natural gas, timber and minerals.
Pessimists also question whether the generals really care about their image when they are assured of diplomatic and economic support from their neighbours, in particular China.
Ms Suu Kyi was due for release last year but was convicted for violating the terms of her previous detention by briefly sheltering an American man who swam uninvited across a lake to her home.
She may be physically small but she is a giant, and her stature is built on her moral superiority to those who have made her define her life by sacrifice.
Sky's foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall
She took up the democracy struggle in 1988, after being thrust into a leadership role primarily due to her being the daughter of martyred independence leader General Aung San.
Ms Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, having been detained on national security charges and put under house arrest the previous year.
She was released in 1995 but has spent much of the time since then in detention, either in jail or under house arrest.
