Vietnamese singer Nguyen Tin and several concertgoers were allegedly beaten by police officers who shut down a show at a cafe in Ho Chi Minh City.

Nine charges of sedition against Malaysian political cartoonist Zunar, real name Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, were dropped on 30 July 2018.

Statues of naked men and women were covered with blankets to avoid ‘hurting the feelings’ of Russian Orthodox priests visiting a university in Russia.

The Malaysian government ordered the removal of two LGBT activists’ portraits from an exhibition because LGBT "is against the society norms”.

A Montreal museum's social media ads featuring Pablo Picasso masterpieces were rejected by Facebook because of the site's nudity policy.

Disney’s new Winnie the Pooh film Christopher Robin won’t be shown in Chinese cinemas after the country’s film authorities denied its release.

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has been on hunger strike since 14 May to demand the release of 64 Ukrainians held in Russia on political grounds.

The trial for Zambian musician Pilato has been adjourned until 24 September 2018.

A Nigerian radio station has been fined by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for playing “vulgar and indecent” music.

Kanata, a play portraying Canadian Indigenous history, was cancelled after some co-producers withdrew funding following “aggressive controversy”.