Aung San Suu Kyi: I believe in human rights

Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of wildly cheering supporters Sunday that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-ruled nation. Aung San Suu Kyi receives flowers over the fence of her house and waves to her supporters as she is set free Photo: EPA She spoke to about 5,000 people who crowded around the dilapidated headquarters of her political party, the first stop for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate after leaving the lakeside residence that had been her prison. “I believe in human rights and I believe in the rule of law. I will always fight for these things,” she said. “I want to work…

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Aung San Suu Kyi: I believe in human rights

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