short readsJan 25, 2022 Four-in-ten countries and territories worldwide had blasphemy laws in 2019 79 countries and territories out of the 198 studied around the world (40%) had laws or policies in 2019 banning blasphemy.
short readsNov 15, 2021 41 countries ban religion-related groups; Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baha’is among the most commonly targeted Around a fifth (21%) of the 198 countries evaluated banned at least one religion-related group in 2019, our analysis found.