Press release

BDS Finland has today, March 27, 2025, sent a letter to Yle, highlighting the repeated actions of the Israeli public broadcaster that go against the values of the EBU and Eurovision. The letter was originally written by BDS Iceland, and activists supporting the BDS movement in other European countries are also sending it to their…

Photo: Hannu Häkkinen On Monday, March 24, 2025, two petitions were handed over to Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle, demanding that Yle pressure the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to exclude Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest. If Israel participates, the signatories urge Yle to boycott the event by withdrawing Finland’s representative from the competition. A petition…

100 Finnish companies and communities have declared themselves Apartheid Free Zones. Apartheid Free Zones participate in boycotts to pressure Israel to respect international law and the human rights of Palestinians. The Palestinian-led BDS movement aims to cut off economic, political and cultural support from the apartheid Israeli government in order to make Israel comply with…

Syksy Räsänen speaks at Eurooppa-sali in Helsinki. The lecture on the academic boycott of Israel on Friday 29.11. at 2pm has been cancelled by the University of Jyväskylä. The lecture will instead be held in the Wolmar Hall of the main library of Jyväskylä. Räsänen is the chair of the Finnish branch of the Israeli…

Sumud – Suomen Palestiina-verkosto ry on lähettänyt seuraavan tiedotteen. Kantelun koko tekstin voi lukea tästä. Oikeuskanslerille kantelu Israel-asekaupan lainmukaisuudesta – rikkooko Suomi velvollisuuttaan ehkäistä kansanmurhaa? Sumud – Suomen Palestiina-verkosto ry. on toimittanut valtioneuvoston oikeuskanslerille kantelun, jossa pyydetään selvittämään Suomen ja Israelin välisen asekaupan lainmukaisuutta. Suomi on jatkanut asevientiä Israeliin siitä huolimatta, että Kansainvälinen tuomioistuin (ICJ) on…

26 representatives from all over Finland, who want to ban the sale of products from illegal Israeli settlements in S Group stores, were elected to the representative councils of cooperative stores. One fifth of the HOK-Elanto representatives are in favour of banning products from the settlements. To ten S Group cooperatives a new board of…

A group of actors, musicians, authors and other artists and cultural influencers based in Finland have come together for a reading of excerpts, translated into Finnish, from South Africa’s case file submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. The video seeks to raise awareness of the…

Sumud – The Finnish Palestine Network has submitted a complaint to the Chancellor of Justice of the Finnish Government regarding Foreign Trade and Development Minister Ville Tavio’s (The Finns Party) decision to suspend Finland’s funding to UNRWA, the United Nations agency providing assistance to Palestinian refugees. The complaint seeks to start an investigation into whether…

Press release, February 20, 2024 Ten thousand signatories appeal to the Finnish Broadcasting Company: exclude Israel from Eurovision or withdraw Finnish representative Sumud – The Finnish Palestine Network has submitted a petition to the Finnish Broadcasting Company, known as Yle, demanding that the organization push for Israel’s exclusion from the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. The…

Petition deliverers with the special adviser Kirsi Hölttä. Photo: Eva-Liisa Orupõld. Over the past weeks, several groups in Finland have collected signatures on petitions calling for a ceasefire with Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. These groups include museum workers, musicians and professionals in the fields of education and training. After several weeks of negotiations,…