Is flag burning illegal in the Philippines?
Criminal offense
It is illegal to mutilate, deface, or insult the flag with penalties including fines and imprisonment.
The Philippines 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
- Taiwan
- Criminal offense Taiwan criminalizes insulting national flags or emblems with penalties up to one year imprisonment.
- Hong Kong
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Hong Kong, with convictions and prison sentences for such acts.
- Malaysia
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Malaysia under the Penal Code, Sedition Act, and Emblems & Names Act.
- Indonesia
- Criminal offense Destroying or defacing the Indonesian national flag is punishable by up to ten years imprisonment.
- Thailand
- Criminal offense Thailand fines or jails those who insult national flags, though foreign flags are not specifically mentioned.
- South Korea
- Criminal offense South Korean law punishes flag desecration with imprisonment up to two years.
Other laws in Philippines
- Blasphemy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- Varies by region
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