Hi Paul,

Last Thursday, I woke up with real hope.

I knew the Finnish Supreme Court was about to deliver its verdict in Päivi Räsänen’s case –

You remember … the Finnish politician with whom we’ve been standing for years now, dragged through years of investigations and trials simply for publicly expressing her Christian faith.

After everything she’s been through… I truly believed this would finally be over – that she would be fully acquitted.

And then I heard the news:

They unanimously acquitted her for the 2019 tweet, where she simply quoted a Bible verse and questioned her church’s support for a Pride event.

Thankfully, the court admitted this did not meet the threshold for “hate speech”.

But at the very same time, in a narrow 3–2 decision, Päivi was convicted by the Supreme Court for a church pamphlet she wrote back in 2004!

It was a text explaining traditional Christian teaching on marriage and sexuality.

She was convicted for this on the grounds that it “insulted” a particular group.

The court claims that by keeping this pamphlet available and sharing it again in recent years, it “insulted” a group, even though they acknowledge there was no incitement to violence.

Now Päivi faces heavy fines, and they’ve ordered the pamphlet removed.

It’s unreal!

Päivi, advised by ADF, who are leading her legal defence, is now considering an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. But this is no longer just about her.

It affects you. It affects me. It affects every Christian, every free thinker, every person who still believes that freedom of speech means something in Europe.

You and I have stood alongside Päivi from the very beginning. And if anything, this verdict only makes it clearer why that fight matters.

But today… I can’t stop thinking about what this really means today.

Because this isn’t only about Päivi.

This is about whether, in a democratic Europe, you and I can still speak openly about our faith… or whether our Christian beliefs can be turned into something punishable.

This is about whether Christians are still free to speak in the public square, or whether that space has been closed.

And it should worry you like it worries me.

That’s why I wanted to write to you today.

Not just to inform you but to remind you that what we’re defending here is something significant:

Your voice. My voice. Our freedom to speak the truth without fear.

So let’s stay close. Let’s stay strong. And let’s not back down.

Thank you for standing with Päivi all these years. It truly matters. We continue.

Sebastian and the entire CitizenGO team

The radical globalists and woke elites want to erase our values—but together, we stand strong. CitizenGO is a movement of millions around the world, fighting every day to defend life, family, and freedom against those who seek to undermine them. We are faithful, so we will never quit.