Waiting game for Finnish free speech case

Luke Randall  |  World
Date posted:  14 Nov 2025
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Waiting game for Finnish free speech case

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen remains “hopeful that justice will prevail” as she faces a waiting game following the hearing of her landmark free speech case at the Finnish Supreme Court.

The latest court involvement means her case will now rumble into its seventh year, despite her having been acquitted in two lower courts.

As we have previously reported, Räsänen, the former leader of the Christian Democrat Party, was charged with "agitation against a minority group" in 2019, after she shared her Christian beliefs on marriage and sexuality in a church pamphlet, on the radio, and on social media.

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