【The Australian】China protests over Uighur activist

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China protests over Uighur activist
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25843171-25837,00.html

Peter Alford, Tokyo correspondent| July 28, 2009               

Article from:The Australian                                                

CHINA'Sambassador to Japan has protested against a visit by Uighur activistRebiya Kadeer, calling her the "criminal" mastermind of violent ethnicdisturbances in China's Xinjiang autonomous region earlier this month.

"Howwould the people of Japan feel if a violent crime occurs in Japan andits mastermind is invited by a third country?" ambassador Cui Tiankaitold Japanese reporters yesterday, according to Kyodo news agency.

Ms Kadeer, who arrives in Tokyo today, plans to travel to Australianext week for the premiere of a documentary film about her, which hasalso provoked a row with China.

Washington-based Ms Kadeer, who leads the World Uighur Congress, isblamed by Beijing for a street uprising in the Xinjiang capital,Urumqi, in which Uighurs attacked Han Chinese and their property onJuly 5.

The attacks, which stemmed from a protest over previous violenceagainst Uighur workers in a southern China factory, provoked Hancounter-violence in Urumqi later that week.

About 197 people were killed and more than 1600 were wounded in theclashes, the worst ethnic violence China has experienced in decades;about 1000 people have been detained in the government crackdown, whichcontinues.

The self-exiled Ms Kadeer has rebutted the official Chinese versionof the Urumqi events, saying in a statement last week the root cause ofunrest was six decades of Chinese government repression of the 10million, mainly Muslim, Uighurs.

Ms Kadeer, whose Japan visit is understood to have been organisedby a private group of sympathisers, will hold a press conference inTokyo tomorrow and give a lecture on Thursday.

"She is a criminal," Mr Cui told reporters yesterday. "We mustprevent important matters that should be worked on together (betweenChina and
Japan) from being disturbed by a criminal or attention to our common interests being diverted."  

Ms Kadeer is expected in Australia for the August 8 premier of thedocumentary film 10 Conditions of Love at the Melbourne InternationalFilm Festival. The Chinese government a fortnight ago protested to theMIFF organisers against inclusion of the documentary, by Australianfilm-maker Jeff Daniels, in the official program and last week threeChinese films were withdrawn in protest.

Hackers, most believed to be operating from China, have launched acyber attack on the festival's website, replacing program informationwith anti-Kadeer slogans and Chinese flags.

Organiser Richard Moore told ABC radio yesterday the attacks only strengthened his determination that the film be shown.  

"It just makes our position even, even stronger and we may even consider programming more sessions of 10 Conditions of Love."  

Additional reporting: Agencies

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