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Originally published in Christian Daily International A Finnish member of parliament barred from entering the UK learned her travel ban had been lifted only 45 minutes before she was due on stage at a Northern Ireland event. The Northern Ireland Assembly and Speaker Edwin Poots invited Päivi Räsänen to speak […]
In November last year Christian SRC candidate Arthur Vamva took Rhodes University to the Grahamstown High Court for expelling him in 2002 for expressing his views on homosexuality. Philip Rosenthal founder of ChristianView Network reports and comments on the court ruling this month. In 2022, Arthur Vamva, a leading SRC […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Päivi Räsänen, the politician convicted in Finland for having traditional Christian views on marriage and sexuality, says her electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for the UK has been cancelled. The former Finnish Minister of the Interior said her application for an ETA was initially successful, […]
Originally published in Christian Today Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen has called for a repeal of all European “hate speech” laws, following her conviction by the Finnish Supreme Court. Räsänen was initially investigated in 2019 for a pamphlet published in 2004 that promote traditional Christian views on marriage and sexuality. Despite being […]
Originally published by ADF International In a narrow 3–2 decision, the Finnish Supreme Court has found parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen guilty of “hate speech” on one charge relating to the expression of her beliefs on marriage and sexual ethics in a twenty-year-old church pamphlet. Räsänen has been criminally convicted for publishing the 2004 pamphlet for her church, alongside Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola. The conviction is for “making and keeping […]
Noting recent news headlines in South Africa, Ugandan lawyer and religious freedom advocate Evelyne Naikoba reflects on the implications of a law with the “elasticity” to punish incitement to violence or simple confessions of faith. Drawing on prophetic insights she urges the Body of Christ to “stand as light” when […]
Originally published in Worthy News Finland’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear a years-long case brought by the country’s prosecutor general against Dr Päivi Räsänen, a Christian member of parliament who was charged – and acquitted – of hate speech after publicly expressing her opposition to homosexuality, CBN News reports. […]
Originally published in Christian Today Finland’s state prosecutor is to appeal after a Christian MP was cleared of hate speech for publicly sharing her views on marriage and sexuality. Päivi Räsänen, former Finnish Minister of the Interior, stood trial alongside Bishop Juhana Pohjola. Räsänen was charged over comments in a […]
Originally published in CBN News A court in Finland today dismissed all charges of hate speech against a Christian member of Parliament and a Finnish pastor, after they shared what the Bible teaches about homosexuality. On trial were Finnish lawmaker and former interior minister Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana […]
Adcocate Nadene Badenhorst legal counsel to Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) unpacks the implications for religious speech arising from the recent ‘Qwelane judgment’ in the Constitutional Court On July 30 the Constitutional Court handed down a unanimous judgment in the controversial and long-awaited case of Jon Qwelane versus the SA Human […]