Finland’s former interior minister has gone on trial in Helsinki accused of inciting anti-LGBT+ hate speech. Päivi Räsänen, an MP of the Christian Democrats party, is accused of describing homosexuality as a “disorder of psychosexual development” and labelling homosexuals as “dysfunctional”. The charges relate to comments posted on Twitter in 2019 in which she criticised the Finnish Lutheran... 

The Finnish Prosecutor General has found that statements by former Christian Democrat leader and Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen are “derogatory and discriminatory against homosexuals” and exceed “the boundaries of free speech and religion”. The Finnish Prosecutor General has announced formal charges against senior Christian Democrat Päivi Räsänen for hate speech that violates the dignity... 

Päivi Räsänen, former Minister of the Interior of Finland, is under two criminal investigations for allegedly defaming or insulting homosexuals after she shared a Bible verse on Twitter last year to criticize Finland’s Lutheran church for promoting homosexuality: Räsänen told us, “In my tweet, I directly cited Romans first chapter and verses 24 to 27 and posted the picture of the passages... 

Finnish authorities are investigating a Christian MP and former interior minister over her Facebook post that included verses from the Bible, which police say may amount to an “attack” on the LGBT community. Päivi Räsänen is an MP for the Christian Democrats, and was Interior Minister between 2011 and 2015. Back in June, she criticized the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ECLF) over...