{"id":16014,"date":"2023-03-31T08:45:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T08:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=16014"},"modified":"2023-12-18T12:13:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:13:38","slug":"its-time-to-speak-up-for-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/commentary\/its-time-to-speak-up-for-free-speech","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Time To Speak Up for Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16014\" class=\"elementor elementor-16014\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7b47aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7b47aa\" 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-d7f5ece\" data-id=\"d7f5ece\" 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-cfe93c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfe93c9\" 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>This story originally appeared on 30 March 2023 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Conservative<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9c38bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9c38bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-79d21e9\" data-id=\"79d21e9\" 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-48803e8 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"48803e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-090698e\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"elementor-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sofia-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Image de Sofia H\u00f6rder\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSofia H\u00f6rder\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\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-bd88924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd88924\" 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>Censorship often goes unnoticed because to detect it requires an awareness of what is not being said. We have to work to hear the voices being silenced and the opinions being oppressed. What\u2019s more, most of us tacitly accept subtle censorship in our day-to-day life. It takes courage and vigilance to defend the fundamental right to free expression.<\/p><p>Today, one such defender, Finnish Member of Parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/paivi\">P\u00e4ivi R\u00e4s\u00e4nen<\/a>, celebrates the one-year anniversary of her momentous free speech victory at the Helsinki District Court in March 2022. The prosecution had charged her with \u2018hate speech\u2019 for sharing her deeply held Christian beliefs on marriage and sexuality in a 2019 tweet, during a 2019 radio debate, and in a church pamphlet she wrote almost 20 years ago.<\/p><p>But despite the judges\u2019 unanimous decision to acquit her of all charges, stating that \u201cit is not for the district court to interpret biblical concepts,\u201d the battle isn\u2019t over. The prosecution appealed the \u2018not guilty\u2019 verdict and R\u00e4s\u00e4nen faces another trial this summer.<\/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-14e1542 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14e1542\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"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=\"640\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roundtable.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-33103\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roundtable.jpg 640w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/roundtable-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\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-e32745f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e32745f\" 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 has great resolve. She has endured over 13 hours of police interrogations, months of waiting for court proceedings, an onerous and invasive trial, and a multitude of lies spread by the media. All for the mere act of a tweet. Although she has been burdened, R\u00e4s\u00e4nen isn\u2019t cowed. She understands what\u2019s at stake: the right to speak freely about one\u2019s faith.<\/p><p>Despite the court\u2019s clear ruling, the Finnish state has relentlessly continued their censorship campaign against R\u00e4s\u00e4nen. Why pursue a criminal conviction for something as innocuous as a tweeting Bible verses? The answer is simple\u2014they want to make an example of her. The process becomes the punishment. Onlookers beware!<\/p><p>If this is what happens to your elected leaders, imagine how they will silence the rest of us. Such trials aim to intimidate those who share similar beliefs. But it\u2019s not just Christians and those concerned with the defense of free speech who suffer.<\/p><p>Finland has the fewest numbers of police officers per capita in Europe. Yet the state has poured enormous resources into prosecuting R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s peaceful speech, during which time they have been unable to investigate and prosecute actual crimes.<\/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-f9f3789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9f3789\" 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<h5>Global threat<\/h5><p>The struggles of a Finnish Christian might seem far away but attempts to censor certain beliefs deemed disagreeable are underway in many countries. This month, parliament passed the first <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/protect-freedom-of-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018thoughtcrime\u2019<\/a> in modern British history into law.<\/p><p>By rolling out nationwide censorship zones around abortion facilities, the new Public Order Bill prohibits any form of \u2018influence,\u2019 including silent prayer and consensual conversations, within a 150-meter radius of abortion clinics in England and Wales. At least three people have come under fire for simply standing and silently praying on the public streets.<\/p><p>In Mexico, Congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/gabriel-quadri-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabriel Quadri<\/a> was convicted as a \u2018political violator against women\u2019 for expressing concern that men who identify as women have taken spaces in congress reserved for women. This took place despite a Mexican law which requires 50\/50 representation of men and women in congress. He made the point that it is an injustice for males to take advantage of the law to gain access to political positions designated for women.<\/p><p>The tweets contained no foul language, named no particular person, and in no way amounted to an incitement to violence. But for standing up for women\u2019s opportunities, he was convicted and could now suffer egregious personal and professional consequences.<\/p><p>Perhaps the most extreme example of this global silencing and sanctioning trend is in Nigeria. In 2020, Sufi musician <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/free-yahaya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahaya Sharif-Aminu<\/a> was sentenced to death for \u2018blasphemy.\u2019 He was convicted after posting song lyrics that he had composed to WhatsApp in which Yahaya spoke about a 19th-century Imam revered in his particular tradition of Sufi Islam.<\/p><p>Yahaya then was accused of blasphemy for allegedly placing the Imam above the prophet Muhammad. He has appealed to the Supreme Court of Nigeria and is challenging the constitutionality of the Sharia-based blasphemy laws, with support from <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ADF International<\/a>. He remains in prison, his life hanging in the balance.<\/p><p>Few are the corners of the world spared the winds of censorship. From Twitter to WhatsApp messages to silent prayer on public streets, the fundamental human right to pray and think in accordance with one\u2019s convictions is under attack. Let\u2019s take R\u00e4s\u00e4nen\u2019s words to heart:<\/p><p><strong> \u201cNow it is time to speak. 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