Lisa Connell from GCN read aloud the following statement signed by Irish LGBT+ organisations from across the country:
With detailed and confirmed reports of sexual assault, torture, detention and murder against those perceived to be members of the LGBT+ community, the protest was organised to demand that both the Irish and Russian governments intervene.
Speakers included Aisling Cusack from USI, Evgeny Shtorn, and Collette O’Regan from LGBT Ireland who said: “It’s incredibly important that we are outside the Russian Embassy tonight because it sends a message to Russia and to our own government and to the general public that human rights need to be protected everywhere in the world.