Finnish MP charged with ethnic agitation over remarks about homosexuals

THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL has charged Päivi Räsänen, a seventh-term Member of the Finnish Parliament and ex-chairperson of the Christian Democrats, with three counts of ethnic agitation over online statements about homosexuals.

The prosecutor determined that the statements disparage and discriminate against homosexuals, violate their equality rights and human dignity, and foment intolerance, defamation and hatred.