Dublin will hold a Black Lives Matter demonstration this week

It will be held this Tuesday at 6.30pm.

The events that have unfolded in America over the last week are truly harrowing. Earlier this week saw the two deaths of two innocent men, 37-year-old Alton Sterling and 32-year-old Philano Castile, causing uproar among US citizens and indeed, people around the world. At a march protesting the deaths of the two fathers, several police officers were killed in Dallas, Texas, erupting an angry volcano of conversation in the US about racism. The movement #BlackLivesMatter was formed as a reaction to the black lives lost at the hands of police brutality, with many celebrities voicing their support for the vindication of black people's rights. Spotted on JOE.ie, the Anti-Racism Network Ireland and the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland have teamed up to organise a demonstration to "to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement opposing racialised violence and discrimination against black people." The demonstration of solidarity will gather at the Spire at 6.30pm on Tuesday and the demo will approximately last an hour. For more information, you can see the Facebook event here.