Is flag burning illegal in Uzbekistan?
Criminal offense
Desecration of the national flag is punishable by up to three years in prison under Uzbekistan's Criminal Code.
Uzbekistan 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
- Kazakhstan
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Kazakhstan with penalties including fines and imprisonment.
- Iran
- Criminal offense Desecration of the Iranian national flag is a crime.
- Azerbaijan
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Azerbaijan with imprisonment terms of up to 1 year.
- Armenia
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Armenia with imprisonment terms of up to 1 year.
- United Arab Emirates
- Criminal offense UAE punishes flag desecration with 10-25 years prison and fines up to 500,000 dirhams.
- Nepal
- Criminal offense Burning the Nepali national flag is illegal with penalties of up to three years imprisonment or fine.
Other laws in Uzbekistan
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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