On August 1 2019, an exhibition of drawings and art films was cancelled at the Huam-Garok gallery in Seoul, South Korea due to alleged reasons of indecency.

A section of the Aichi Triennale 2019 art festival  featuring the 'Statue of a Girl of Peace' was shut down in Nagoya following protests.

China’s National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications has blocked three popular e-book platforms over “obscene” content.

30 sea sculptures were demolished for being “anti-Islamic” and a threat to the “Islamic unity and peace within the Maldivian state”.

Swedish metal band Watain’s concert in Singapore was cancelled following concerns about its "history of denigrating religions and promoting violence".

A controversial bill making it a crime to disrespect the Chinese national anthem has been presented to lawmakers in Hong Kong.

Celebrated Uyghur singer Zahirshah Ablimit and his parents are reportedly being detained in re-education camps in Xinjiang.

Backlash over a huge, satanic-looking sculpture at a museum has made its way to the Lahore High Court, which is hearing a petition to have it removed.

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