The University of Kansas removed an altered USA flag after criticism from politicians including the state’s governor Jeff Colyer.

Montreal International Jazz Festival cancelled performances of SLĀV, a show featuring a majority white cast singing African-American slave songs.

Russian actor Anton Makarsky has been banned from entering Ukraine for three years because he previously visited Crimea.

Three student activists were detained and fined over an artistic protest supporting LGBT rights outside a Belarusian government ministry.

LGBT-themed children’s books have been banished to the closed sections of Hong Kong’s public libraries following pressure from an anti-gay rights group.

On 11 July 2018 the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor Office’s indictment accusing Turkish rapper Ezhel of “encouraging drug use” was accepted.

An Iranian teenager was detained after she posted videos on social media of herself dancing to pop music without wearing a headscarf.

The European Court of Human Rights has criticised Russia for its “exceptionally severe” treatment of Pussy Riot after its 2012 performance in Moscow.

Turkish singer Zuhal Olcay received a suspended jail sentence of 11 months and 20 days for “insulting” President Erdoğan during a performance.

German-Kurdish singer Singer Hozan Cane was sentenced to six years and three months in jail for "being a member in a terrorist organisation".