As pro-democracy demonstrations continue in Hong Kong, thousands of people took part in rallies across several Australian cities,on Friday and Saturday,in support of the Hong Kong protests.

In Melbourne, attendees numbered over one thousand as Hong Kong supporters stood peacefully on the steps of the State Library of Victoria . In a show of support the “Stand with Hong Kong-Power to the People” rally carried signs calling for democracy and freedom and an end to the apparent police brutality in Hong Kong. Members of the Tibetan, Uighur and Vietnamese communities also attended in support.