Burma's junta appeared set to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house detention Saturday evening in a bid to placate international condemnation of their regime.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has spent 15 of the past 21 years under house arrest.
Hundreds of her supporters, members of the opposition National League for Democracy party and reporters have been waiting outside her house-cum-prison in Rangoon since Friday in anticipation of her release.
Supporters also gathered at the NLD headquarters in Rangoon, where it is presumed that Suu Kyi, 65, will go after her anticipated release.
NLD members sported T-shirts saying, "We stand with Aung San Suu Kyi" in English.
"I love her very much," said one elderly woman. "She will save the country."
Security personnel have not prevented the crowds from gathering, which is unusual in the military-controlled state