{"id":83851,"date":"2026-01-30T17:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=83851"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:28:46","slug":"finnish-parliamentarian-on-trial-for-bible-tweet-to-testify-before-u-s-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/de\/news\/finnish-parliamentarian-on-trial-for-bible-tweet-to-testify-before-u-s-congress","title":{"rendered":"Finnish\u00a0Parliamentarian\u00a0on Trial for Bible\u00a0Tweet to Testify Before U.S. Congress on\u00a0Europe\u2019s\u00a0Growing Censorship Regime\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"83851\" class=\"elementor elementor-83851\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40a51fa7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40a51fa7\" 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-d5235dc\" data-id=\"d5235dc\" 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-73f71a32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73f71a32\" 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<ul><li><strong>Finnish\u00a0Parliamentarian\u00a0P\u00e4ivi\u00a0R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u00a0to testify at House Judiciary Committee\u00a0hearing on her criminal prosecution for \u201chate speech,\u201d\u00a0joined by\u00a0ADF International European legal expert\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255578011 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255578011 BCX0\">R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, prosecuted for over six years, is currently awaiting a verdict from the Supreme Court of Finland on criminal charges for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255578011 BCX0\">tweeting a Bible verse in 2019<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW255578011 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\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-64731a98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64731a98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-7-1024x614.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2557\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-7-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-7-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-7-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-7-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-7-2048x1229.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-277caab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"277caab0\" 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><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 30)<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEurope\u2019s Threat to Speech and Innovation: Part II,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0examining how European speech laws and censorship regimes are\u00a0impacting\u00a0free expression, innovation, and democratic debate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Witnesses, including\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/cases\/paivi\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Finnish Parliamentarian P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and ADF International legal expert Lorc\u00e1n Price, will warn lawmakers of Europe\u2019s expanding speech restrictions, including criminal prosecutions for peaceful expression. These restrictions pose serious threats to fundamental freedoms and risk being exported beyond Europe to the United States. <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW3723999 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c07p7v2nn8mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW3723999 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3723999 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Graham Linehan<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW3723999 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW3723999 BCX0\">, an Irish comedian who was arrested for his X posts in September 2025, will also serve as a witness on the panel.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/campaign\/free-speech-on-trial\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s case<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0has become one of Europe\u2019s most prominent examples of the criminalization of speech, after she was criminally charged and put on trial for expressing her Christian beliefs online in a 2019 tweet. She is currently awaiting a verdict after facing\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/bible-tweet-case-reaches-finnish-supreme-court\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">criminal trial<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0before the Supreme Court of Finland in October.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Price will offer testimony\u00a0regarding\u00a0Europe\u2019s censorship crisis and the European Union\u2019s attack on free speech using the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/article\/digital-services-act-unpacked\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Digital Services Act (DSA)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0which is one of the most dangerous restrictions on free speech in the digital age. The House Judiciary Committee warned about the\u00a0DSA\u2019s risks to American\u00a0free speech\u00a0in its July\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/foreign-censorship-threat-how-european-unions-digital-services-act-compels\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">report<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201cThe Foreign Censorship Threat: How the European Union\u2019s Digital Services Act Compels Global Censorship and Infringes on American Free Speech\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Feb. 4, beginning at 10 a.m. EST<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Where:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/committee-activity\/hearings\/europes-threat-american-speech-and-innovation-part-ii\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">via livestream<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Media Attendance:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<br \/><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Members of the media are encouraged to attend the hearing in person or view the livestream. Interviews with speakers may be requested in advance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To schedule interviews or for\u00a0additional\u00a0information, contact ADF\u00a0International Communications Officer,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anna Rose Myrick at amyrick@adfinternational.org or (480)-371-7941.<\/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-269de943 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"269de943\" 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 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