Suu Kyi revives democracy movement

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has begun reviving her pro-democracy political movement.

Miss Suu Kyi was released at the weekend from seven-and-a-half years in detention.

On Sunday, she told thousands of wildly cheering supporters at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy that she would continue to fight for human rights and the rule of law in the military-controlled nation.

The 65-year-old met with her lawyers on Monday morning and also party officials from areas outside Yangon who have been keeping her political network alive during years of repression by the military government.

She is planning to lodge an objection to the High Court that her party's dissolution "is not in accordance with the law." It was disbanded earlier this year under a new party registration law because it failed to reregister for elections.

David Cameron, who spoke to Ms Suu Kyi by telephone on Monday, said: "We must now work to ensure that her release is followed by freedom for more than 2,000 other political prisoners and that this becomes the first step towards the people in Burma genuinely being able to choose the person they want to run their country."