Taipei  - City authorities in Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second largest city will show a controversial documentary about Uighur dissident Rebiya Kadeer next month, days after they had attempted to diffuse a row by cancelling it.

The announcement came two days after the government of China-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou decided to ban a visit to Taiwan by the exiled dissident.

"We have decided to show the Ten Conditions of Love by Australian director Jeff Daniels during the Kaohsiung Film Festival," said organiser Kaohsiung Film Archive under the city government in a statement.

The organizer said because of the political dispute over the showing of the documentary, the city authorities retracted the film from the October 16-29 festival and showed it last Tuesday and Wednesday instead to try to end the dispute.

But due to sharply increased demands from the public, the organizer finally resolved to show the documentary during the film festival.

The organizer did not say whether the latest decision had anything to do with a ban recently announced by the Ma government on a planned visit by Kadeer. dpa