Chinese singer-songwriter Xu Lin has been jailed for three years for "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble".

Counterterrorism police arrested two men accused of plotting to kill Bangladeshi actor and filmmaker Khijir Hayat Khan.

Films with LGBT content or other “inappropriate culture” will not be approved by the Malaysian government’s Film Censorship Board.

A Chinese author was sentenced to 10 years and six months in jail for writing and selling an erotic novel with gay sex scenes.

Renowned photographer and activist Shahidul Alam has been released from Dhaka Central Jail on bail, after 107 days behind bars.

Cinemagoers in Malaysia miss out on seeing 24 minutes of the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody after many homosexual scenes were censored.

An exhibition by dissident Chinese-born artist Badiucao has been cancelled following alleged threats relating to the artist by Chinese authorities.

Chinese live-streaming star Yang Kaili (also known as Li Ge) was detained by authorities for five days for “insulting” the country’s national anthem.

Uzbekistan has blacklisted a further 103 films, including the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy and horror flicks such as It and Leatherface.

An Indian artist has faced backlash over his illustration of a bloodied sanitary pad ahead of a festival celebrating the Hindu goddess Durga.