Woman faces another prosecution after acquitted of ‘hate’ in first
By Bob Unruh
‘In God We Trust’ is emblazoned above the American flag in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Video screenshot)
Sixteen members of Congress have released a letter calling on U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Douglas Hickey to oppose the “egregious and harassing” by Finnish authorities of a Christian member of their parliament.
WND reported only weeks ago that the Finnish legal system again is attacking Paivi Rasanen, who last year was acquitted of charges that her faith-based statements, on social media, created “ethnic agitation.”
The second prosecution was not a surprise, since WND reported at her acquittal, prosecutors continued to demand that she be punished.
Päivi Räsänen (Facebook)
Part of that initial court case, also, was an order that prosecutors pay more than 60,000 euros of her legal costs.
The case started in 2019 when she went on social media to express concern that her church was holding a “Pride” event. There, she posted a photo of a Bible verse in Finnish.