Vigils were held around the world for slain free speech advocate and Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk.
Vigils were held around the world for slain free speech advocate and Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk, offering a poignant demonstration that the power of his ideas reached far beyond America’s borders, and that good people around the world can unite in mourning for a young husband and father.
Madrid, Spain’s vigil for Charlie Kirk began within hours of his murder and grew steadily on Thursday, with a rally outside the U.S. Embassy where the participants chanted Kirk’s name, then observed a moment of silence in his memory:
On Thursday, the conservative Vox party – which is increasingly popular with Spanish youth – held a vigil and rally with speakers from Europe and the United States, including Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, who hailed Kirk as “America’s best and brightest young leader.”
In South Korea, conservative youth leaders established two memorials for Kirk: one in front of the statue of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Incheon, and one in front of the Sungnyemun Gate in Seoul.
Kirk visited South Korea and Japan the week before he was murdered. He said of his time at the Build Up Korea 2025 Forum: “I didn’t even have to think about where I was going because anywhere I went I knew it would be perfectly clean and safe. A lot of American cities are not like that.”
A massive rally was held in Kirk’s honor in London, organized by activist Tommy Robinson and the UK chapter of Kirk’s Turning Point organization. Robinson claimed “over a million” gathered for the rally, while the Metropolitan Police estimated about 110,000 attendees, and major media organizations spoke of “hundreds.
