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

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

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.

Freemuse calls for the immediate release of Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam and charges against him to be dropped.

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On 27 June 2018, popular Uzbekistan singer Ulugbek Rakhmatullayev's performance license was revoked by state institution Uzbekkontsert.

On 7 June 2018, the previously blocked film “Kaala” was screened on a limited release within the southern state of Karnataka despite protests.

Indonesian musician Ahmad Dhani charged with spreading hate speech via a tweet about the governor of Jakarta; court hearing scheduled 2 July 2018.

Seelan Palay was detained by police in front of Singapore’s Parliament House on 1 October 2017 during his performance of a political piece.

On 11 June 2018, writer and publisher, Shahzahan Bachchu was allegedly murdered by Islamic extremists in his home village of Kakaldi in Bangladesh.