Is flag burning illegal in Ethiopia?
Criminal offense
The Ethiopian federal flag proclamation prohibits desecration with fines or imprisonment up to three years for first offense.
Ethiopia is one of 53 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 79% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Saudi Arabia
- Criminal offense Disrespecting the Saudi flag, considered blasphemy, is prohibited.
- Egypt
- Criminal offense Flag desecration has been illegal in Egypt since 2014 with fines up to 30,000 pounds.
- United Arab Emirates
- Criminal offense UAE punishes flag desecration with 10-25 years prison and fines up to 500,000 dirhams.
- Israel
- Criminal offense Deliberately burning an Israeli flag is illegal and punishable by up to three years imprisonment.
- Iran
- Criminal offense Desecration of the Iranian national flag is a crime.
- Turkey
- Criminal offense Turkey forbids burning any nation's flag with prison sentences ranging from 3 months to 3 years.
Other laws in Ethiopia
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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