Exiled Uighur leader arrives in Australia
The exiled Uighur leader, Rebiya Kadeer, has arrived in Sydney.
Ms Kadeer is a figurehead and activist for the Chinese Muslim minority and is visiting Australia to take part in the Melbourne Film Festival.
The film about her life, ‘Ten Conditions of Love’ has attracted controversy, with Chinese authorities attempting to get it banned from screening.
The official Chinese news agency is also reporting that two of Ms Kadeer’s children, imprisoned in China, are blaming her for recent unrest in the Uighur region of Xinjiang.
It says they have written a letter to authorities.
Ms Kadeer, speaking through an interpreter in Sydney this morning, has denied the allegations.
She says that it is obvious that the Chinese Government is using duress to force her children to speak against her.
“I am a human being and a mother – you know the Chinese Government – look how abusive the Chinese Government [are],” she said.
“The Chinese Government are trying to turn my children against me, you know this is completely inhuman.”
The exiled Uighur leader, Rebiya Kadeer, has arrived in Sydney.
Ms Kadeer is a figurehead and activist for the Chinese Muslim minority and is visiting Australia to take part in the Melbourne Film Festival.
The film about her life, ‘Ten Conditions of Love’ has attracted controversy, with Chinese authorities attempting to get it banned from screening.
The official Chinese news agency is also reporting that two of Ms Kadeer’s children, imprisoned in China, are blaming her for recent unrest in the Uighur region of Xinjiang.
It says they have written a letter to authorities.
Ms Kadeer, speaking through an interpreter in Sydney this morning, has denied the allegations.
She says that it is obvious that the Chinese Government is using duress to force her children to speak against her.
“I am a human being and a mother – you know the Chinese Government – look how abusive the Chinese Government [are],” she said.
“The Chinese Government are trying to turn my children against me, you know this is completely inhuman.”
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