{"id":5662,"date":"2022-04-20T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=5662"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:22:03","slug":"finnish-prosecutors-decision-paints-picture-of-hostile-path-towards-free-speech-and-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/commentary\/finnish-prosecutors-decision-paints-picture-of-hostile-path-towards-free-speech-and-christianity","title":{"rendered":"Finnish prosecutor&#8217;s decision paints picture of hostile path towards free speech and Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5662\" class=\"elementor elementor-5662\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01f3c94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01f3c94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1cab19\" data-id=\"d1cab19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb4296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb4296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Finnish prosecutor has announced she will appeal R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Pohjola\u2019s acquittal on &#8218;hate speech&#8216; charges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3a5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3a5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8222;At the end of March, a Finnish criminal court delivered a unanimous decision of &#8222;not guilty&#8220; in what has become widely known as the &#8222;Bible Trial.&#8220; The court found Christian member of Parliament and grandmother P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola not guilty of &#8222;hate speech,&#8220; striking a major blow against an increasingly aggressive secular worldview and a win for the very foundational values of Western Civilization \u2013 freedom of speech and freedom of religion.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"speakable\">At least, for now. Last week, the Finnish prosecutor announced she would appeal R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Pohjola\u2019s acquittal.<\/p><p>Since 2019, activist prosecutors in the Finnish legal system have systematically targeted R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Bishop Pohjola for their public confession of their deeply held religious beliefs<span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\">&#8220; writes Sean Nelson, Legal counsel for ADF International.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 1.1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/finnish-prosecutor-decision-hostile-free-speech-christianity-rep-chip-roy-sean-nelson\">Read the full article in Fox News<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c4475 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a1c4475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0702bff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0702bff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Images for free use in print or online in relation to this story only.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96940ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"96940ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;1:1&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADF-Sean_Nelson_400x400-1-1-e1636103098255.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"96940ce\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"ADF Sean Nelson\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjI3NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2FkZmludGVybmF0aW9uYWwub3JnXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wNVwvQURGLVNlYW5fTmVsc29uXzQwMHg0MDAtMS0xLWUxNjM2MTAzMDk4MjU1LnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6Ijk2OTQwY2UifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADF-Sean_Nelson_400x400-1-1-e1636103098255.png\" data-width=\"200\" data-height=\"200\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Finnish prosecutor has announced she will appeal R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Pohjola\u2019s acquittal on &#8218;hate speech&#8216; 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