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On 27 June 2018, popular Uzbekistan singer Ulugbek Rakhmatullayev's performance license was revoked by state institution Uzbekkontsert.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

University of Otago staff destroyed hundreds of copies of a student magazine after external members and organisations deemed the cover offensive.

Prominent Uyghur pop star Ablajan Awut Ayup disappeared in February 2018 without any information given on his whereabouts or reason for detention.

Theatre owners in West Bengal state refused to screen film Danga: The Riot (1946 Calcutta Killings) claiming they were pressured by local authorities.

Renowned science fiction and children’s stories author, activist and professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal was stabbed on 3 March 2018 a student at an Islamic school who claimed he attacked the writer because he was "an enemy of Islam".