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Asia, Central, Southern and South-Eastern

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

Many counties in South Asia have extremely harsh laws against blasphemy and criticism or religion. In many cases these laws are applied arbitrarily and used to intimidate and silence genuine and legitimate criticism of governments and local authorities.

Afghanistan Afghanistan Bangladesh Bangladesh Brunei Brunei Cambodia Cambodia India India Indonesia Indonesia Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Malaysia Maldives Maldives Myanmar Myanmar Nepal Nepal Pakistan Pakistan Philippines Philippines Singapore Singapore Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Thailand Thailand