Australia’s Tibetan communities and Tibet support groups will be using the Australian leg of the Olympic Torch relay to peacefully draw attention to the current situation in Tibet. They are calling on the Chinese leadership to remove Tibet from the Olympic Torch Relay route and to work with the Dalai Lama towards a practical and mutually agreeable resolution of the Tibet issue.

The Australia Tibet Council today appealed to Australian Olympics Committee President John Coates to do everything in his power to have the Tibetan leg of the Olympic torch relay cancelled.