Päivi Räsänen’s case illustrates that dangerously vague ‘hate speech’ laws will be abused by those in power.

Conspiracy theories often paint Christians as collaborators with foreign powers that are seeking to undermine Turkish identity.

Religious freedom was repeatedly violated during COVID. Yet it is essential for everyone—not only for people of faith. It enables all people to live according to their conscience, regardless of their religious convictions.

The roots of oppressive censorship are one and the same. Europe’s ‘hate speech’ laws are a secular equivalent to blasphemy laws—both hinder people from living and speaking freely.

Let’s take Finnish MP Räsänen’s words to heart: “Now it is time to speak. Because the more we are silent, the narrower the space for freedom of speech and religion grows.”