Finnish Parliamentarian Convicted of “Insulting» a Group for 20-year-old Church Booklet to Appeal to European Court of Human Rights

Päivi Räsänen announces intention to appeal to Europe’s top human rights court following criminal conviction by Finnish Supreme Court for a decades-old church booklet expressing her beliefs on marriage and sexuality ADF International to represent Räsänen in landmark case for free speech across Europe HELSINKI (7 May 2026) – A longstanding Finnish parliamentarian criminally convicted in March for “insulting” a