BURMESE democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived back in Oxford after an absence of 20 years today.
Ms Suu Kyi was greeted by a crowd outside the Clarendon building off Broad Street that sang happy birthday to mark her turning 67 today.
Ms Suu Kyi was wearing a purple scarf and took flowers from members of the city's Burmese community and other supporters.
Others yelled "welcome back" to Ms Suu Kyi, who lived in the city with her scholar husband Michael Aris until 1988.
It was then that she returned to her native Burma, initially to care for her ill mother before then becoming the focal point for the Burmese National League for Democracy.
She has spent much of the past two decades under house arrest until her release in November 2010.
Tonight she will attend a private party with friends and family at St Hugh's College and tomorrow she will finally receive her honourary doctorate in civil law from the University.
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