The US state department has spoken out in support of a former Finnish government minister who is being brought to trial yet again over a 2019 post on social media platform X (then known as Twitter).
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), which is part of the US state department, issued a statement that said, ‘In a democracy, no one should face trial for peacefully sharing their beliefs.’
It called the criminal prosecution of former Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen ‘baseless’, and tweeted a Bible verse in her support.
