The rally was attended by the Prime Minister of Finland, Juha Sipilä.
In the Finnish capital on Saturday, September 24 held a rally against racism. Participation in the event on one of Central squares took 15-20 thousand people, according to local police.
In the hands of the demonstrators held yellow balloons and banners reading “No to Nazism!”, “No to political violence!”, “No hate!”.
The rally was attended by the Prime Minister of Finland, Juha Sipilä. He took upon himself the obligation to prepare amendments to tighten the legislation dealing with extremist organizations. In addition Sipilä, at the rally attended by former President of Finland Tarja Halonen.
The reason for the speech was held a week ago, a rally of neo-Nazis in Helsinki, which was beaten by 28-year-old man. He later died in hospital.
