100 protest outside the Irish embassy in Savita’s native India

About 100 protesters held a demonstration outside the Irish embassy in New Delhi, India, over the death of Savita Halappanavar.

The crowd, carrying posters of the dead 31-year-old dentist and accusing Irish authorities of committing “medical murder”, were prevented by police from getting close to the compound.

Smriti Irani, president of the women’s wing of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, was among the protesters outside the embassy and she was allowed in as part of a four-person delegation to meet ambassador Feilim McLaughlin.