Räsänen appeals conviction to European Court of Human Rights

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights against her conviction by Finland’s Supreme Court, she announced in a statement.

The Supreme Court in March fined Räsänen 20 day-fines, totalling €1,800, for incitement against a population group over a 2004 pamphlet titled Mieheksi ja naiseksi hän heidät loi (He Created Them Male and Female), which questioned homosexual relationships from a Christian perspective.