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MELBOURNE, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A festival screening in Australia of a documentary about exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer reportedly was the target of a protest by pro-Uighur demonstrators.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said several demonstrators waited for Kadeer outside Saturday's screening of the film "10 Conditions of Love" at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Kadeer insists while the Chinese government attempts to portray her as a terrorist, she is actually focused on achieving peace.
"I'm a mother, I'm a woman of peace, I have always been peacefully struggling for the freedom and human rights of the Uighur people, I will continue to do so peacefully, until the day when my people become free," said Kadeer, who added the documentary about her life story is not political in nature.
Jeff Daniels, who directed "Conditions," told ABC he unsuccessfully attempted to contact the Chinese government regarding his film's take on Kadeer.
"I've been trying for the past two and a half years to try and hear this side, and I've only been hitting walls," Daniels said.
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