Perth Voice Interactive

AROUND 50 people attended a Perth rally Saturday to protest China’s 55-year occupation of Tibet.

Organised by the Tibetan Action Group of WA, the group held a ceremony outside Perth’s Chinese consulate before marching to Wesley Church.

TAG member June Lowe says Tibetans in Perth wanted to show support for people back home.

“The Tibetan community in Perth is acutely aware that their friends and relatives in their homeland would suffer brutal reprisals if they tried to speak out within Tibet,” she says