{"id":8149,"date":"2022-01-18T07:55:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adf.uk\/?p=8149"},"modified":"2024-02-29T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T12:40:09","slug":"mp-could-face-prison-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/mp-could-face-prison-penalty","title":{"rendered":"FREE SPEECH ON TRIAL: MP who tweeted Bible verses could face prison penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Finnish MP P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen to stand trial on 24 January after tweeting a picture of Bible verses<br \/>\nThe former Finnish Minister of the Interior faces three criminal charges for sharing her deeply held beliefs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">HELSINKI<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\"> (17 January) \u2013 A criminal conviction for posting a Bible tweet is now a very real possibility in Finland. On 24 January, former Minister of the Interior P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen will face a criminal trial after being accused of engaging in \u201chate speech\u201d for publicly voicing her deeply held beliefs on marriage and human sexuality. In April 2021, the Prosecutor General brought three criminal charges against R\u00e4s\u00e4nen over the contents of a church pamphlet R\u00e4s\u00e4nen wrote over 17 years ago, for engaging in a debate on a 2019 radio show and for a tweet containing a picture of Bible verses she directed at her church leadership. Bishop Juhana Pohjola who published her pamphlet for his congregation faces trial alongside her.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb4296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb4296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>\u201cI have a calm mind ahead of the trial. I trust that we still live in a democracy, and we have our constitution and international agreements that guarantee our freedom of speech and religion. If I win the case, I think that it is a very important step for freedom of speech and religion. I think it\u2019s not only important for Finland but also in Europe and other countries. If I\u2019m convicted, I think that the worst consequence would not be the fine against me, or even the prison sentence, it would be the censorship. So, now it is time to speak. Because the more we are silent, the narrower the space for freedom of speech and religion grows\u201d, says P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen ahead of the trial.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">R\u00e4s\u00e4nen is officially being prosecuted for the crime of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">ethnic agitation<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">under the section of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">war crimes and crimes against humanity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW69581457\" style=\"font-size: revert; letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0in the Finnish criminal code.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\">R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s case may ultimately be decided by the European Court and its rulings must be followed within the UK legal system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"PGlmcmFtZSB0aXRsZT0iR2V0IHRvIGtub3cgUMOkaXZpIFLDpHPDpG5lbiBpbnRlcnZpZXciIHdpZHRoPSI1MDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMjgxIiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUtbm9jb29raWUuY29tL2VtYmVkL1Z5RHVuenZtR1RjP2ZlYXR1cmU9b2VtYmVkIiBmcmFtZWJvcmRlcj0iMCIgYWxsb3c9ImFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXI7IGF1dG9wbGF5OyBjbGlwYm9hcmQtd3JpdGU7IGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYTsgZ3lyb3Njb3BlOyBwaWN0dXJlLWluLXBpY3R1cmU7IHdlYi1zaGFyZSIgcmVmZXJyZXJwb2xpY3k9InN0cmljdC1vcmlnaW4td2hlbi1jcm9zcy1vcmlnaW4iIGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbj48L2lmcmFtZT4=\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/yt_VyDunzvmGTc_hqdefault.jpg')\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\">\n<p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>YouTube<\/strong>. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: inherit\">Accept required service and unblock content<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><strong>Free speech on trial<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Police investigations against R\u00e4s\u00e4nen started in June 2019. As an active member of the Finnish Lutheran church, she had addressed the leadership of her church on Twitter and questioned its official sponsorship of the LGBT event &#8216;Pride 2019&#8217;, accompanied by an image of Bible verses from the New Testament book of Romans. Following this tweet, further investigations against R\u00e4s\u00e4nen were launched, going back to a church pamphlet R\u00e4s\u00e4nen wrote almost 20 years ago. In the last two years, R\u00e4s\u00e4nen has attended several lengthy police interrogations about her Christian beliefs \u2013 including being frequently asked by the police to explain her understanding of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the three charges R\u00e4s\u00e4nen faces come after the police made strong recommendations not to continue the prosecution. R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s statements also did not violate the policies of Twitter or the national broadcaster, which is why they are still freely available on their platforms. As her trial date approaches, ADF International continues to support R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s defence and the right for everyone to freely share their beliefs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Counting on the court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a free society, everyone should be allowed to share their beliefs without fear of censorship. This is the foundation of every free and democratic society. Criminalizing speech through so-called \u2018hate-speech\u2019 laws shuts down important public debates and poses a grave threat to our democracies. These sorts of cases create a culture of fear and censorship and are becoming all too common throughout Europe. We hope and trust the Helsinki District Court will uphold the fundamental right to freedom of speech and acquit P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen of these outrageous charges,\u201d said Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International and author of \u2018Censored: How European Hate Speech Laws are Threatening Freedom of Speech\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>R\u00e4s\u00e4nen has served as a Finnish Member of Parliament since 1995, was the first female chairperson of the Christian Democrats from 2004-2015, and from 2011-2015 she was the Minister of the Interior, during which she held responsibility for church affairs in Finland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finnish MP P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen to stand trial on 24 January after tweeting a picture of Bible verses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":21787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[736],"tags":[890,898],"class_list":["post-8149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-paivi-en-gb","tag-uk-en-gb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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