Hollywood actress defends Cannes red carpet protest
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E-mail CRI, May 19, 2014
Hollywood actress Salma Hayek has defended her decision to stage a mini-protest on the red carpet.
The Mexican starlette - - broke with festival protocol on Saturday by holding up a sign calling for the release of the 200 schoolgirls being kept hostage in Nigeria.
"I've always been involved with the cause of fighting for women's rights and I took the opportunity because there were going to be so many photographers to exert pressure and remind them we want these girls back, they have to do something about it. Even though there is a film festival and I'm so honoured to be here and excited about my film, we don't want to forget about it for a minute,"
She's the latest star to lend her name to a social media campaign appealing to their captors to set them free.
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