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Suu Kyi visits India

2012-11-13 19 Dailymotion

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in India on Tuesday (November 13) for a week long visit, and was greeted by an enthusiastic group of supporters at the airport.<br/> <br />Her visit to India holds a special significance as it comes after four long decades.<br/> <br />During her visit she will be meeting India's Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.<br/> <br />She is also due to visit her alma mater, the Lady Sri Ram College for Women (LSR) in New Delhi.<br/> <br />Suu Kyi won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for championing democracy in opposition to dictatorship enforced by a military junta that held her under house arrest.<br/> <br />Her election to parliament in April helped transform the pariah image of Myanmar and persuade the West to begin rolling back sanctions after a year of dramatic reforms, including the release of about 700 political prisoners in amnesties between May 2011 and July.

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