Countries / Americas

Americas

Countries in this region with laws against “blasphemy”, “insult” or “offence” to religion and related restrictions on free expression:

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Bahamas Barbados Barbados Brazil Brazil Canada Canada El Salvador El Salvador Grenada Grenada Guyana Guyana Jamaica Jamaica Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Suriname Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago

Many countries across Latin America penalise blasphemy and similar laws against ‘criticism of religion’. Most of these countries implicitly or explicitly favour the Roman Catholic religion, which continues to exert a strong influence in social and legal affairs.