{"id":76665,"date":"2025-08-25T11:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=76665"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:25:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:25:27","slug":"trial-date-set-in-hate-speech-case-over-bible-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/hate-speech-case-over-bible-tweet-dragged-into-7th-year-as-finnish-supreme-court-sets-hearing-date-for-30th-october","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hate Speech&#8217; Case Over Bible Tweet Dragged Into 7th Year as Finnish Supreme Court Sets Hearing Date for 30th October\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"76665\" class=\"elementor elementor-76665\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bff97ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bff97ab\" 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-3414781a\" data-id=\"3414781a\" 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-15487286 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15487286\" 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>P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, former Finnish Minister of the Interior, faces third court hearing after two previous unanimous acquittals<\/li><li>R\u00e4s\u00e4nen faces criminal charges for sharing her faith-based beliefs on marriage and sexuality, including on X in 2019<\/li><li>ADF International continues to coordinate R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s defence to protect everyone\u2019s right to free speech\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/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-6f67344a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f67344a\" 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=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-27-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2577\" alt=\"P\u00e4ivi reads her bible in the Finnish Parliament building.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-27-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ADF-Finland-Web-27-2048x1366.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-3dab8487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dab8487\" 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><strong>HELSINKI (25 August 2025)<\/strong> \u2013 The Finnish Supreme Court has set the date for an oral hearing in the free speech case involving Finnish Member of Parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/campaign\/free-speech-on-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen<\/a> and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola. Both were previously unanimously acquitted of \u201chate speech\u201d charges by two lower courts after publicly expressing their Christian beliefs. With the hearing scheduled for 30th October 2025, the state prosecutor\u2019s censorship campaign against R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Pohjola will enter its seventh year.\u00a0<\/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-288b069b elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"288b069b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cIt is shocking that after two unanimous acquittals, P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen is again being dragged to court to defend her fundamental right to freedom of speech. As we have warned for years, vaguely worded \u2018hate speech\u2019 laws allow ideological prosecutions like this to take place. <span style=\"color: #AF272F\"> We stand behind P\u00e4ivi and we will continue to work toward the bigger victory when such ludicrous cases are no longer brought. In a free and democratic society, all should be allowed to share their beliefs without fear of punishment. <\/span>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International and part of R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s legal defence team<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\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-21cf33ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21cf33ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Charged for sharing Christan beliefs\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3db407f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3db407f9\" 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>R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, who is a medical doctor, Finland\u2019s former Interior Minister, and a parliamentarian since 1995, was formally charged with \u201cagitation against a minority group\u201d in 2021. She was charged under a section of the Finnish criminal code titled \u201cwar crimes and crimes against humanity\u201d for sharing her Christian beliefs on marriage and sexual ethics in a 2019 tweet, as well as a 2019 live radio debate and 2004 church pamphlet. Bishop Pohjola was charged for publishing R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s 2004 pamphlet.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p><p>The high-profile lower court trials received significant global attention, particularly after the prosecution attacked core Christian teachings and cross-examined R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and the Bishop on their theology in the court hearings.\u202f\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cIt isn\u2019t a crime to tweet a Bible verse, or to engage in public discourse from a Christian perspective. The attempts to criminalize me for expressing my beliefs have resulted in an immensely trying last few years, but I still hope for a positive result that will stand as a key precedent to protect the human right to free speech in Finland,\u201d <strong>said R\u00e4s\u00e4nen<\/strong>, grandmother of twelve.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/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-7f0e28f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f0e28f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Censorship campaign persists despite court acquittals\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29463fbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29463fbb\" 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>Two lower instance courts had previously acquitted R\u00e4s\u00e4nen and Pohjola in April 2022 and November 2023 of all three charges. The prosecutor appealed for a third time, taking the charges concerning the booklet and the tweet to the Supreme Court, which will hear oral arguments on 30th October 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Coordinated by ADF International, R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s legal defence will continue to highlight the strong protection that freedom of speech enjoys in international law, in addition to being integral to Finnish democracy.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p><p>The defence previously submitted to the court that R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s use of the word \u201csin\u201d in her tweet, which the prosecution had highlighted as \u201cinsulting\u201d and therefore unlawful, was quoted directly from the Bible, and any judgment condemning its usage would directly condemn the Bible itself.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>The Bible on Trial\u202f\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>During the high-profile trial before the Court of Appeal in 2023, the prosecution frequently attacked core Christian teachings and cross-examined R\u00e4s\u00e4nen \u2013 who is one of Finland\u2019s longest-standing members of parliament \u2013 and the Bishop on their theology.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p><p>The Finnish State prosecutor, Anu Mantila, claimed that,\u202f\u201cYou can cite the Bible, but it is R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s interpretation and opinion about the Bible verses that are criminal\u201d.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p><p>To learn more details about the case and to support P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ADFinternational.org\/FreeSpeechOnTrial\">www.ADFinternational.org\/FreeSpeechOnTrial\u202f<\/a>\u00a0<\/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-3b75d957 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3b75d957\" 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-744f3880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"744f3880\" 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 with credit to ADF International. <br \/><em>(from left to right: P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen, R\u00e4s\u00e4nen with Paul Coleman, R\u00e4s\u00e4nen with her husband Niilo)<\/em><\/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-4ffba3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"4ffba3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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