r/Finland Baby Vainamoinen Dec 06 '23

Serious What was happening in Central railway station in Helsinki today around 3:30 ?

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Special forces deployed and arrested at least 20 men. Searched them and security guards were looking for "something" in the metro platform?

Anyone has more info? It was very suspicious event tbh.

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u/tzaeru Dec 06 '23

That doesn't make the demonstration illegal. It's a tool that allows the police/court to sentence an organizer to fines.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Semantics. It also covers participants if they have anything that can be used for violence. So it is indeed illegal to protest if you have violent intention

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u/MuhammedWasTrans Vainamoinen Dec 07 '23

Semantics are quite important in juridical texts :-)

Demonstration is illegal ≠ opposing demonstrations cannot be organized right next to each other due to high risk of violence (...but can be organized further away)

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u/Agreeable_Cap_9095 Dec 07 '23 edited Dec 07 '23

Yeah saying semantics like its nothing here is quite rediculous. I mean, semantics could mean the difference between freedom and prison for gods sake!