Exclusive: persecuted Finn speaks out

Iain Taylor  |  World
Date posted:  1 Mar 2022
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Exclusive: persecuted Finn speaks out

Päivi Räsänen MP

As this edition of Evangelicals Now went to press, the trials of Finnish Christians Päivi Räsänen MP and Bishop Juhana Pohjola, of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, had started.

Both are accused of agitation against an ethnic group, specifically Räsänen’s ‘insulting’ of homosexuals on a radio programme and in a booklet published in 2004 by Pohjola.

Räsänen gave this exclusive interview to Evangelicals Now:

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