Aung San Suu Kyi, the only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient, was allowed to leave her house for an hour to meet with a Myanmar government official. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years.
According to the article, "Suu Kyi freed for talks with junta," Kyi was allowed to leave her house for the first time in three years. Suu Kyi was the democratic leader in Mynamar in the late 80's and won the election by a landslide, but the junta refused to recognize the results.
Suu Kyi met with U Aung Kyi, who was picked to work as the liaison between the junta and Suu Kyi. The meeting was arranged due to the attack the junta had on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations. Many people were injured and as many as 40 Buddhist monks were killed.
For more information on Aung San Suu Kyi, visit The Burma Campaign UK.
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