Is flag burning illegal in Portugal?
Criminal offense
Public insult to the flag or national symbols is punishable by imprisonment or fines.
Portugal 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
- Spain
- Criminal offense Spanish law fines individuals for insulting the Spanish flag or autonomous region flags.
- Morocco
- Criminal offense Desecrating the Moroccan national flag is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment and fines.
- France
- Criminal offense Desecrating the French national flag in public places is illegal with fines and imprisonment.
- Algeria
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Algeria with imprisonment terms of 5-10 years.
- Switzerland
- Criminal offense Switzerland punishes destruction of national emblems but not private flags.
- Belgium
- Legal / protected speech Flag desecration is legal in Belgium with no criminal penalties.
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