3184. An Acquittal Ruling in a Freedom of Speech and Religion Case Involving Lutheran Leaders in Finland – Dr. Päivi Räsänen, 11/14/23
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🗓️ 14 November 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:20.0 | in the Wittenberg Trail feature Julie Stegamire writes about her path from Methodism to Lutheranism. |
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| 0:33.0 | It has now been a long legal battle for our next guest, Dr. Poppy Reissonon. |
| 0:50.0 | The accusation, among others, of hate crimes, while it's been a long legal battle, it's been |
| 0:57.5 | one that has been punctuated by victories. |
| 1:00.2 | Is it still going on? |
| 1:02.0 | Is it over with today's ruling on this freedom of speech and religion trial in Finland? |
| 1:07.0 | Dr. Poppy Raissonon is a medical doctor and married mother of five children, |
| 1:11.0 | a member of the Finnish Parliament. She formerly served as |
| 1:14.3 | Minister of the Interior for Finland and the chair of the Finnish Christian |
| 1:17.7 | Democrats. Dr. Rossin and welcome back. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:24.0 | What can you tell us about today's ruling by the Helsinki Court of Appeals? |
| 1:28.0 | Yes, this was a happy day because today, this morning, the Health Inglie Court of Appeal |
| 1:36.3 | published its ruling that it dropped away all the three charges against me. And the ruling of the appeal court was unanimous. It was from three |
| 1:51.4 | judges and it was very clear |
| 1:54.0 | very clearly said that the court didn't find any crime |
| 1:58.3 | didn't find any crime or hate speech in my statements and in my writings. |
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