Aung Sung Suu Kyi released

2012-07-24 1

It's the moment her supporters had been waiting for. A visibly jubilant Aung Sung Suu Kyi smiled as she left what has been her personal prison for more than seven years.

Thousands gathered to greet Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, cheering her much anticipated release and singing the national anthem.

Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabbari reports.