by admin_HRWF | May 8, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Päivi Räsänen case in Finland leads to heated freedom of speech debate both in media and churches “Teachings based on the Bible must be free to discuss in public”, says the Finnish Evangelical Alliance. By Joel Forster Evangelical Focus (05.05.2021) –...
by admin_HRWF | May 5, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The Finnish Member of Parliament: “It did not even come to mind that my tweet or my opinions based on Christianity could be defamatory or insulting in any aspect”. “I will not step back from my conviction nor from my writings. I do not apologize for the writings of...
by admin_HRWF | May 3, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Anugrah Kumar The Christian Post ( 01.05.2021) – https://bit.ly/3edkT8b – A Christian member of the Finnish Parliament is facing six years imprisonment for allegedly committing three crimes, including “hate speech,” for sharing her opinion on...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 21, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Pekka Vanttinen EURACTIV (21.02.2020) – https://bit.ly/2PaIM3k – Out of the two hundred Jehovah’s witnesses who came from Russia to apply for asylum in Finland since 2017, 90% have seen their applications rejected, according to the Finnish...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 14, 2019 | Human Rights in the World
Finnish decision to deport an Iraqi man who was killed when he arrived back in his country of origin violated the Convention N.A. v. Finland (application no. 25244/18) Registrar of the European Court (14.11.2019) – In today’s Chamber judgment 1 in the...
