Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has been released by the authorities. The 65-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner has spent most of the last 20 years in some form of detention because of her efforts to bring democracy to Myanmar.A government official said, the authorities went inside her house and read out the order to release her from house arrest. Later, she appeared in front of a crowd of her supporters who rushed to her house in Yangoon, when nearby barricades were removed by the security forces. Earlier, Suu Kyi's lawyer said, she was unlikely to accept a conditional release if it excluded her from political activity.She was originally due to be released from house arrest last year, but a case involving an American who swam across Inya Lake to her home, claiming he was on a mission to save her, prompted extension of her detention.Last Sunday, the Government backed political party won the country's first election in 20 years.She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, a year after her National League for Democracy won an overwhelming victory in an election nullified by the then Government.Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of the country's independence hero, General Aung San.Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama has welcomed Myanmar's decision to release Pro democracy leader Aung San Suu KyiObama said, whether Suu Kyi is imprisoned in her own home or in her country doesn't change the fact that she and the movement she represents has been denied the opportunity to engage in political processes that could change the country.