Mire Ibrahim waves the Finnish flag during a demonstration against racism where an estimated 15,000 people attended in Helsinki, Finland on July 28th, 2015. REUTERS/Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Finland on Tuesday against a lawmaker's anti-immigration remarks and voiced their support for a multicultural Finnish society.
"We have been used to racism, but we must oppose this. We have been silent for too long and it is time to say out loud that it is not ok," said Turkish-born Ozan Yanar, a Finnish parliamentarian from the opposition Green party, at a Helsinki demonstration that gathered around 15,000 people.
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