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**English** (en): Blasphemy laws worldwide.
No blasphemy law Repealed Local restrictions Fines and restrictions Prison sentences Death sentences

**français** (fr): Le blasphème et les lois dans le monde.
Pas de loi Anciennes lois aujourd'hui abrogées Restrictions locales Amendes et restrictions nationales Peines de prison Peine de mort

**Türkçe** (tr): Dünya geneli aşağılama yasaları.
Yok Geri çekilmiş Yerel kısıtlar Para ve benzeri cezalar Hapis cezası Ölüm cezası

**hrvatski** (hr): Zakoni o blasfemiji širom svijeta.
lokalna zabrana globa i zabrana zatvorska kazna smrtna kazna

**slovenčina** (sk): Maximálne tresty za bohorúhačstvo
Zrušené Miestne obmedzenia Pokuty Tresty odňatia slobody Trest smrti

**Deutsch** (de): Rechtliche Situation für Blasphemie in der Welt.
Kein Blasphemiegesetz Aufgehoben Lokale Beschränkung Geldbuße Freiheitsstrafe Todesstrafe

**polski** (pl): Prawa o bluźnierstwie na świecie.
Brak prawa o bluźnierstwie Uchylone Lokalne ograniczenia Grzywny i ograniczenia Kary więzienia Wyroki śmierci

Date

11 February 2015, 15:23 (UTC)

Source

Own work. This file was derived from:

End Blasphemy Laws campaign.
Freedom of Thought Report.
Note: also includes blasphemy laws that have been repealed before 2015, when the End Blasphemy Laws campaign began.
See also File:Apostasy laws in 2013.SVG, as accusations of 'blasphemy' are sometimes used to prosecute people for 'apostasy' and vice versa.

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Conquistador, updated by others

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:05, 3 May 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.14 MB)	Luveha	Changed Denmark to "Prison sentences", since "Lovforslag nr. L 65"
	03:50, 18 November 2021	2,754 × 1,398 (1.09 MB)	Hlupacik	Added Slovakia where the § 423 of the Law No. 300/2005 (Criminal code) can sentence anyone who defames another person based on their actual or assumed religious beliefs or lack thereof to up to 3 years in prison
	19:10, 6 March 2021	2,754 × 1,398 (1.14 MB)	Unas964	Minor change - Crimea painted in grey that reflect the Ukrainian law
	13:01, 22 September 2020	2,754 × 1,398 (1.12 MB)	Nederlandse Leeuw	Minor correction. It's not clear whether the local curse bans (vloekverboden) in the Netherlands have any legal effect, since they appear to be unconstitutional and except for one 2017 incident (in which it's unclear whether a fine has been paid, and the alleged curse was not of a religious nature, but a disease) have never been enforced. (https://www.destentor.nl/veluwe/vloeken-mag-overal-ook-op-de-veluwe~a3e952fc/) The national blasphemy law was repealed
	10:09, 15 July 2020	2,754 × 1,398 (1.42 MB)	Nederlandse Leeuw	Updated based on End Blasphemy Laws, including repealings before 2015 such as the Netherlands and Sweden. It turns out that Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and Yemen have prison rather than death as maximal punishment. Afghanistan and Mauritania have been added to death penalty. EBL notes there is no blasphemy law in the unrecognised states of Somaliland and SADR. Also, in international law Crimea part of Ukraine (no blasphemy law) instead of Russia.
	09:45, 22 December 2019	2,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)	ScienceDawns	Ireland officially abolished its blasphemy law the 21st December 2019.
	16:24, 9 July 2019	2,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)	AntiCompositeNumber	Remove Greece per w:en:GL/I request and https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/06/17/at-long-last-greece-will-finally-get-rid-of-its-blasphemy-laws/
	14:00, 18 March 2019	1,035 × 531 (1.34 MB)	AntiCompositeNumber	Remove New Zealand per w:en:WP:GL/MAP request and https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/03/archaic-blasphemous-libel-law-repealed-in-parliament.html
	00:36, 15 December 2018	1,035 × 531 (1.43 MB)	TheAwesomeHwyh	Canada changed their law and Ireland still has it, fixed.
	15:21, 31 October 2018	1,035 × 531 (1.43 MB)	Jdee4	Ireland removed the offence of blasphemy https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46010077