{"id":657,"date":"2016-10-31T13:23:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T13:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtreport.olovei.com\/?post_type=fot_countries&#038;p=609"},"modified":"2019-09-09T16:46:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T16:46:46","slug":"south-africa","status":"publish","type":"fot_countries","link":"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/","content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-left-text counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/#Constitution_and_government\" >Constitution and government<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/#Education_and_childrens_rights\" >Education and children\u2019s rights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/#Family_community_and_society\" >Family, community and society<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/#Freedom_of_expression_advocacy_of_humanist_values\" >Freedom of expression, advocacy of humanist values<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/#%E2%80%98Blasphemy_law\" >&#8216;Blasphemy&#8217; law<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/#Prevention_and_Combating_of_Hate_Crimes\" >Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Officially known as the Republic of South Africa (RSA), this multiethnic country is situated at the southernmost tip of Africa. South Africa is a secular democracy which encompasses a wide variety of cultures, languages and religions, the majority-religion being Christianity. Race remains a huge source of social tension in post-Apartheid South Africa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fot-report fot-report-desktop\">\n    <table>\n        <thead>\n        <tr>\n                            <th style=\"width: 25%\">Constitution and government<\/th>\n                            <th style=\"width: 25%\">Education and children\u2019s rights<\/th>\n                            <th style=\"width: 25%\">Family, community, society, religious courts and tribunals<\/th>\n                            <th style=\"width: 25%\">Freedom of expression advocacy of humanist values<\/th>\n                    <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n                                                                        <tr>\n                                    <td class=\"fot-cell\" style=\"color: #000000;background-color: #f4b272\">\n                                                                                                                                                               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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <div class=\"fot-boundary-condition\">\n                                    <a href=\"#TB_inline?inlineId=fot-report-description-459\" style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"thickbox\">Expression of core humanist principles on democracy, freedom or human rights is somewhat restricted<\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <div class=\"fot-boundary-condition\">\n                                    <a href=\"#TB_inline?inlineId=fot-report-description-473\" style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"thickbox\">Blasphemy or criticism of religion is restricted in law and is punishable by a fine<\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    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href=\"#TB_inline?inlineId=fot-report-description-433\" style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"thickbox\">The state is secular, with separation of religious and political authorities, not discriminating against any religion or belief<\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     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                                                                                             <div class=\"fot-boundary-condition\">\n                                    <a href=\"#TB_inline?inlineId=fot-report-description-436\" style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"thickbox\">No formal discrimination in education<\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   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                    <div class=\"fot-severity\" style=\"color: #000000;background-color: #f4b272\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    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political authorities, not discriminating against any religion or belief<\/a>\n                                <div class=\"fot-boundary-condition-content\" data-id=\"433\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          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class=\"fot-strand-title\">Family, community, society, religious courts and tribunals<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"fot-severity\" style=\"color: #000000;background-color: #f4b272\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              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advocacy of humanist values<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"fot-severity\" style=\"color: #000000;background-color: #f4b272\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            <div class=\"fot-boundary-condition\">\n                                <a data-id=\"459\" style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"fot-boundary-condition-content-title\">Expression of core humanist principles on democracy, freedom or human rights is somewhat restricted<\/a>\n                                <div class=\"fot-boundary-condition-content\" data-id=\"459\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <div class=\"fot-boundary-condition\">\n                                <a data-id=\"473\" style=\"color: #000000;\" class=\"fot-boundary-condition-content-title\">Blasphemy or criticism of religion is restricted in law and is punishable by a fine<\/a>\n                                <div class=\"fot-boundary-condition-content\" data-id=\"473\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  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secular, with separation of religious and political authorities, not discriminating against any religion or belief<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/belgium\/\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/central-african-republic\/\">Central African Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/ecuador\/\">Ecuador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/estonia\/\">Estonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/fiji\/\">Fiji<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/gabon\/\">Gabon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/gambia\/\">Gambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea-bissau\/\">Guinea-Bissau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/kosovo\/\">Kosovo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/mongolia\/\">Mongolia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/namibia\/\">Namibia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/nauru\/\">Nauru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/netherlands\/\">Netherlands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/sao-tome-and-principe\/\">S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/slovenia\/\">Slovenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/\">South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/south-sudan\/\">South Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/suriname\/\">Suriname<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/taiwan\/\">Taiwan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-434\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Insufficient information or detail not included in this report<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                                                                     no countries relate to this boundary condition                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-435\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Religious or ideological instruction is mandatory in all or most state-funded schools with no secular or humanist alternative<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/belarus\/\">Belarus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/eswatini\/\">Eswatini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/syria\/\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-436\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">No formal discrimination in education<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/albania\/\">Albania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/angola\/\">Angola<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/antigua-and-barbuda\/\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/austria\/\">Austria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/azerbaijan\/\">Azerbaijan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/belgium\/\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/benin\/\">Benin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bhutan\/\">Bhutan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/bolivia\/\">Bolivia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/burkina-faso\/\">Burkina Faso<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cape-verde\/\">Cape Verde<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/central-african-republic\/\">Central African Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-republic-of-the\/\">Congo, Republic of the<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/czech-republic\/\">Czech Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/ecuador\/\">Ecuador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/el-salvador\/\">El Salvador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/france\/\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/gabon\/\">Gabon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea-bissau\/\">Guinea-Bissau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/honduras\/\">Honduras<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/iceland\/\">Iceland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/korea-republic-of\/\">Korea, Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kyrgyzstan\/\">Kyrgyzstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mali\/\">Mali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/mongolia\/\">Mongolia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/montenegro\/\">Montenegro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/mozambique\/\">Mozambique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/namibia\/\">Namibia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/nauru\/\">Nauru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/netherlands\/\">Netherlands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/macedonia\/\">North Macedonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/sao-tome-and-principe\/\">S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/serbia\/\">Serbia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/slovenia\/\">Slovenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/\">South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/sweden\/\">Sweden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/taiwan\/\">Taiwan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/timor-leste-east-timor\/\">Timor-Leste (East Timor)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/uruguay\/\">Uruguay<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-437\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Insufficient information or detail not included in this report<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/south-sudan\/\">South Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tuvalu\/\">Tuvalu<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-438\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Religious courts or tribunals rule directly on some family or \u2018moral\u2019 matters; it is legally an opt-in system, but the possibility of social coercion is very clear<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/ethiopia\/\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/gambia\/\">Gambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/niger\/\">Niger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/senegal\/\">Senegal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/trinidad-and-tobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-439\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">No religious tribunals of concern, secular groups operate freely, individuals are not persecuted by the state<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/australia\/\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/austria\/\">Austria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/belgium\/\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/benin\/\">Benin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/bolivia\/\">Bolivia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/burkina-faso\/\">Burkina Faso<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/chile\/\">Chile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/czech-republic\/\">Czech Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominica\/\">Dominica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/ecuador\/\">Ecuador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/estonia\/\">Estonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/france\/\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/guatemala\/\">Guatemala<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/iceland\/\">Iceland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/korea-republic-of\/\">Korea, Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/kosovo\/\">Kosovo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/latvia\/\">Latvia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/luxembourg\/\">Luxembourg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/mongolia\/\">Mongolia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/namibia\/\">Namibia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/nauru\/\">Nauru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/netherlands\/\">Netherlands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/norway\/\">Norway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/palau\/\">Palau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-kitts-and-nevis\/\">Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines\/\">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/san-marino\/\">San Marino<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/sao-tome-and-principe\/\">S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/slovenia\/\">Slovenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/sweden\/\">Sweden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/taiwan\/\">Taiwan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/uruguay\/\">Uruguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-440\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Insufficient information or detail not included in this report<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/honduras\/\">Honduras<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/\">South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/south-sudan\/\">South Sudan<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-441\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">No fundamental restrictions on freedom of expression or advocacy of humanist values<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/bahamas\/\">Bahamas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/belgium\/\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/czech-republic\/\">Czech Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/iceland\/\">Iceland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/liechtenstein\/\">Liechtenstein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/lithuania\/\">Lithuania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/luxembourg\/\">Luxembourg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/marshall-islands\/\">Marshall Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/micronesia\/\">Micronesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/mongolia\/\">Mongolia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/netherlands\/\">Netherlands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/norway\/\">Norway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/palau\/\">Palau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/slovenia\/\">Slovenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/sweden\/\">Sweden<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-442\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Insufficient information or detail not included in this report<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                                                                     no countries relate to this boundary condition                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-443\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">No condition holds in this strand<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/lesotho\/\">Lesotho<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-444\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">No condition holds in this strand<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/andorra\/\">Andorra<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-445\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">No condition holds in this strand<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/cyprus\/\">Cyprus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/gabon\/\">Gabon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea-bissau\/\">Guinea-Bissau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/laos\/\">Laos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/lesotho\/\">Lesotho<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-446\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">No condition holds in this strand<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                                                                     no countries relate to this boundary condition                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-765\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Localised or infrequent but recurring and widespread social marginalisation or prejudice against the non-religious<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                <p>This condition is unusual in that\u00a0it is applied in cases where there is some social discrimination, but it is not pervasive or nationwide. This condition is applied\u00a0when there is sufficient background evidence to warrant the assertion that discrimination is not anomalous but widespread, and this condition may be applied for example even where if there is no legislative discrimination or where the non-religious may have legal recourse against such discrimination. However, societal discrimination (i.e. discrimination by peers, as opposed to state or legal discrimination) is not easily measured, and for this reason the Report does not\u00a0currently have similar more severe boundary conditions to capture\u00a0higher levels of social discrimination per se. In principle these may be introduced in future. However, we consider\u00a0that countries with actual higher levels of social discrimination against the non-religious will generally already meet other higher level (more\u00a0severe) boundary conditions under this thematic strand.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/albania\/\">Albania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/botswana\/\">Botswana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/greece\/\">Greece<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-1820\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">The dominant influence of religion in public life undermines the right to equality and\/or non-discrimination<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                <p>Applied when the influence of religion on public life undermines others' rights, such as SRHR, women's rights, LGBTI+ rights.<\/p>\n<p>May be applied when the influence is overt (i.e. when religious laws are applied to undermine others' rights) or covert (i.e. where religious pressure groups exert influence to affect policy)<\/p>\n                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/albania\/\">Albania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/andorra\/\">Andorra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/angola\/\">Angola<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/antigua-and-barbuda\/\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/armenia\/\">Armenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/bahamas\/\">Bahamas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/belize\/\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/bolivia\/\">Bolivia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/burundi\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/chile\/\">Chile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/\">Congo, Democratic Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-republic-of-the\/\">Congo, Republic of the<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cote-divoire\/\">C\u00f4te d&#039;Ivoire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/cuba\/\">Cuba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominica\/\">Dominica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominican-republic\/\">Dominican Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/el-salvador\/\">El Salvador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/eswatini\/\">Eswatini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/fiji\/\">Fiji<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/gambia\/\">Gambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/grenada\/\">Grenada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/guatemala\/\">Guatemala<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/guyana\/\">Guyana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/liberia\/\">Liberia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/lithuania\/\">Lithuania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mali\/\">Mali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/moldova\/\">Moldova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/montenegro\/\">Montenegro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/mozambique\/\">Mozambique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/nicaragua\/\">Nicaragua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/macedonia\/\">North Macedonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/panama\/\">Panama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-lucia\/\">Saint Lucia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines\/\">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/senegal\/\">Senegal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/serbia\/\">Serbia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/solomon-islands\/\">Solomon Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/suriname\/\">Suriname<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/timor-leste-east-timor\/\">Timor-Leste (East Timor)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/trinidad-and-tobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-1821\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Use of Conscientious Objection clauses resulting in the denial of lawful services to women and LGBTI+ people<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/armenia\/\">Armenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/chile\/\">Chile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/portugal\/\">Portugal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/uruguay\/\">Uruguay<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-447\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Complete tyranny precludes all freedoms of expression and thought, religion or belief<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                <p>Applied when overriding acts of oppression by the State are extreme, to the extent that the question of freedom of thought and expression is almost redundant, because all human rights and freedoms are quashed by authorities.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/north-korea\/\">North Korea<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-448\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">The non-religious are barred from some government offices (including posts reserved for particular religions or sects)<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-2\/\">Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/syria\/\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-449\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">There is systematic religious privilege<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/armenia\/\">Armenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/belize\/\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/botswana\/\">Botswana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/cambodia\/\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-republic-of-the\/\">Congo, Republic of the<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/costa-rica\/\">Costa Rica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cote-divoire\/\">C\u00f4te d&#039;Ivoire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/cyprus\/\">Cyprus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominican-republic\/\">Dominican Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/el-salvador\/\">El Salvador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/greece\/\">Greece<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/honduras\/\">Honduras<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/iceland\/\">Iceland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/latvia\/\">Latvia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/liechtenstein\/\">Liechtenstein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/lithuania\/\">Lithuania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/moldova\/\">Moldova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-lucia\/\">Saint Lucia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/serbia\/\">Serbia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/timor-leste-east-timor\/\">Timor-Leste (East Timor)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/togo\/\">Togo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/vanuatu\/\">Vanuatu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-450\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">There is a nominal state church with few privileges or progress is being made toward disestablishment<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/norway\/\">Norway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-451\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Religious or ideological indoctrination is utterly pervasive in schools<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/\">Congo, Democratic Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/north-korea\/\">North Korea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-452\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">There is state funding of at least some religious schools<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/australia\/\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/belize\/\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/burundi\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/costa-rica\/\">Costa Rica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cote-divoire\/\">C\u00f4te d&#039;Ivoire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominica\/\">Dominica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/fiji\/\">Fiji<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/grenada\/\">Grenada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/guyana\/\">Guyana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/kosovo\/\">Kosovo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/lesotho\/\">Lesotho<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/liberia\/\">Liberia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/liechtenstein\/\">Liechtenstein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/lithuania\/\">Lithuania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/luxembourg\/\">Luxembourg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/marshall-islands\/\">Marshall Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/mauritius\/\">Mauritius<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/micronesia\/\">Micronesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/nicaragua\/\">Nicaragua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/niger\/\">Niger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/palau\/\">Palau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-kitts-and-nevis\/\">Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-lucia\/\">Saint Lucia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/samoa\/\">Samoa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/senegal\/\">Senegal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/sierra-leone\/\">Sierra Leone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/solomon-islands\/\">Solomon Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/suriname\/\">Suriname<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/switzerland\/\">Switzerland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/togo\/\">Togo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/trinidad-and-tobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/vanuatu\/\">Vanuatu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-453\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">State-funded schools offer religious or ideological instruction with no secular or humanist alternative, but it is optional<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/bahamas\/\">Bahamas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/barbados\/\">Barbados<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/belize\/\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-2\/\">Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/botswana\/\">Botswana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/chile\/\">Chile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/colombia\/\">Colombia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/costa-rica\/\">Costa Rica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/cyprus\/\">Cyprus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominica\/\">Dominica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/estonia\/\">Estonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/fiji\/\">Fiji<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/gambia\/\">Gambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/greece\/\">Greece<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/grenada\/\">Grenada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/guatemala\/\">Guatemala<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/kiribati\/\">Kiribati<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/liechtenstein\/\">Liechtenstein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/moldova\/\">Moldova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/monaco\/\">Monaco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/panama\/\">Panama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/portugal\/\">Portugal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-lucia\/\">Saint Lucia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/senegal\/\">Senegal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/seychelles\/\">Seychelles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/solomon-islands\/\">Solomon Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tonga\/\">Tonga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/trinidad-and-tobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/vanuatu\/\">Vanuatu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-454\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Expression of non-religious views is severely persecuted, or is rendered almost impossible by severe social stigma, or is highly likely to be met with hatred or violence<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-455\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">The non-religious are persecuted socially or there are prohibitive social taboos against atheism, humanism or secularism<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-456\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">There is significant social marginalisation of the non-religious or stigma associated with expressing atheism, humanism or secularism<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/barbados\/\">Barbados<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/colombia\/\">Colombia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/samoa\/\">Samoa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-457\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Expression of core Humanist principles on democracy, freedom and human rights is brutally repressed<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/chad\/\">Chad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/china\/\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/north-korea\/\">North Korea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/syria\/\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-458\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Expression of core humanist principles on democracy, freedom or human rights is severely restricted<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/angola\/\">Angola<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/azerbaijan\/\">Azerbaijan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/belarus\/\">Belarus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/burundi\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/central-african-republic\/\">Central African Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/\">Congo, Democratic Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-republic-of-the\/\">Congo, Republic of the<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/cuba\/\">Cuba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/djibouti\/\">Djibouti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/el-salvador\/\">El Salvador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/eswatini\/\">Eswatini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/gabon\/\">Gabon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/gambia\/\">Gambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/honduras\/\">Honduras<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kazakhstan\/\">Kazakhstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/laos\/\">Laos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mali\/\">Mali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/nicaragua\/\">Nicaragua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/samoa\/\">Samoa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/togo\/\">Togo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/turkmenistan\/\">Turkmenistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/uzbekistan\/\">Uzbekistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/viet-nam\/\">Viet Nam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-459\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Expression of core humanist principles on democracy, freedom or human rights is somewhat restricted<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/andorra\/\">Andorra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/armenia\/\">Armenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/benin\/\">Benin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bhutan\/\">Bhutan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/burkina-faso\/\">Burkina Faso<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/cambodia\/\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cote-divoire\/\">C\u00f4te d&#039;Ivoire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominican-republic\/\">Dominican Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/guatemala\/\">Guatemala<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea-bissau\/\">Guinea-Bissau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kyrgyzstan\/\">Kyrgyzstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/lesotho\/\">Lesotho<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/mozambique\/\">Mozambique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/niger\/\">Niger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/senegal\/\">Senegal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/serbia\/\">Serbia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/sierra-leone\/\">Sierra Leone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/\">South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/south-sudan\/\">South Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tuvalu\/\">Tuvalu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-460\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Some concerns about political or media freedoms, not specific to the non-religious<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/albania\/\">Albania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/antigua-and-barbuda\/\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/austria\/\">Austria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/belize\/\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/bolivia\/\">Bolivia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-2\/\">Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/botswana\/\">Botswana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cape-verde\/\">Cape Verde<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/chile\/\">Chile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/colombia\/\">Colombia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/costa-rica\/\">Costa Rica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominica\/\">Dominica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/ecuador\/\">Ecuador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/estonia\/\">Estonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/ethiopia\/\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/fiji\/\">Fiji<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/france\/\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/gambia\/\">Gambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/greece\/\">Greece<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea-bissau\/\">Guinea-Bissau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/guyana\/\">Guyana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/korea-republic-of\/\">Korea, Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/kosovo\/\">Kosovo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/laos\/\">Laos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/latvia\/\">Latvia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/liberia\/\">Liberia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/mauritius\/\">Mauritius<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/moldova\/\">Moldova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/monaco\/\">Monaco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/mongolia\/\">Mongolia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/montenegro\/\">Montenegro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/namibia\/\">Namibia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/nauru\/\">Nauru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/niger\/\">Niger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/macedonia\/\">North Macedonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/panama\/\">Panama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/portugal\/\">Portugal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-kitts-and-nevis\/\">Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines\/\">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/seychelles\/\">Seychelles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/solomon-islands\/\">Solomon Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/timor-leste-east-timor\/\">Timor-Leste (East Timor)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tonga\/\">Tonga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/uruguay\/\">Uruguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/vanuatu\/\">Vanuatu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/viet-nam\/\">Viet Nam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-461\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Religious authorities have supreme authority over the state<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-462\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">State legislation is partly derived from religious law or by religious authorities<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/trinidad-and-tobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-463\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Preferential treatment is given to a religion or religion in general<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                <p>This condition is applied where there are\u00a0miscellaneous indicators that\u00a0organs of the state\u00a0offer various forms of support for a religion, or to religion in general over non-religious worldviews, suggesting a preference for\u00a0those beliefs, or that the organs of that religion are privileged.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/albania\/\">Albania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/andorra\/\">Andorra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/angola\/\">Angola<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/antigua-and-barbuda\/\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/australia\/\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/austria\/\">Austria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/bahamas\/\">Bahamas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/belize\/\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bhutan\/\">Bhutan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/bolivia\/\">Bolivia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-2\/\">Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/burundi\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cape-verde\/\">Cape Verde<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/colombia\/\">Colombia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-republic-of-the\/\">Congo, Republic of the<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/cyprus\/\">Cyprus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/czech-republic\/\">Czech Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominican-republic\/\">Dominican Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/ethiopia\/\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/guatemala\/\">Guatemala<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/guyana\/\">Guyana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/iceland\/\">Iceland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kazakhstan\/\">Kazakhstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kyrgyzstan\/\">Kyrgyzstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/liberia\/\">Liberia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/lithuania\/\">Lithuania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/luxembourg\/\">Luxembourg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mali\/\">Mali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/mauritius\/\">Mauritius<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/montenegro\/\">Montenegro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/mozambique\/\">Mozambique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/macedonia\/\">North Macedonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/panama\/\">Panama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/portugal\/\">Portugal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/san-marino\/\">San Marino<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/serbia\/\">Serbia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/seychelles\/\">Seychelles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/sierra-leone\/\">Sierra Leone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/solomon-islands\/\">Solomon Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/timor-leste-east-timor\/\">Timor-Leste (East Timor)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tuvalu\/\">Tuvalu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/uzbekistan\/\">Uzbekistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/vanuatu\/\">Vanuatu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-464\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Official symbolic deference to religion<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/albania\/\">Albania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/andorra\/\">Andorra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/antigua-and-barbuda\/\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/australia\/\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/bahamas\/\">Bahamas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/barbados\/\">Barbados<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/belize\/\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/benin\/\">Benin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bhutan\/\">Bhutan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/botswana\/\">Botswana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/chile\/\">Chile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/colombia\/\">Colombia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/\">Congo, Democratic Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-republic-of-the\/\">Congo, Republic of the<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/cyprus\/\">Cyprus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/djibouti\/\">Djibouti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominica\/\">Dominica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/el-salvador\/\">El Salvador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/eswatini\/\">Eswatini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/grenada\/\">Grenada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/guatemala\/\">Guatemala<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/guyana\/\">Guyana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/kiribati\/\">Kiribati<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/korea-republic-of\/\">Korea, Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/laos\/\">Laos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/latvia\/\">Latvia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/liberia\/\">Liberia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/marshall-islands\/\">Marshall Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/micronesia\/\">Micronesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/moldova\/\">Moldova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/monaco\/\">Monaco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/nicaragua\/\">Nicaragua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/niger\/\">Niger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/norway\/\">Norway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/palau\/\">Palau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/panama\/\">Panama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-kitts-and-nevis\/\">Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-lucia\/\">Saint Lucia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines\/\">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/samoa\/\">Samoa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/san-marino\/\">San Marino<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/serbia\/\">Serbia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/trinidad-and-tobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/turkmenistan\/\">Turkmenistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/vanuatu\/\">Vanuatu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-465\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Religious or ideological instruction in a significant number of schools is of a coercive fundamentalist or extremist variety<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                <p>This condition highlights\u00a0countries where schools subject children to fundamentalist religious instruction with no real opportunity to question fundamentalist tenets,\u00a0or where lessons routinely encourage hatred (for example religious or ethnic hatred). The wording \"significant number of schools\" is not given a rigid quantification\u00a0(sometimes the worst-offending schools are unregistered, illegal, or otherwise uncounted); however the condition is not applied in cases where only a small number of schools meet the description and may be anomalous, as opposed to being indicative of a widespread problem.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-466\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Religious schools have powers to discriminate in admissions or employment<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/armenia\/\">Armenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-2\/\">Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-467\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">State-funded schools provide religious education which may be nominally comprehensive but is substantively biased or borderline confessional<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/djibouti\/\">Djibouti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/laos\/\">Laos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/latvia\/\">Latvia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/norway\/\">Norway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines\/\">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/san-marino\/\">San Marino<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/sierra-leone\/\">Sierra Leone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-468\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">There is a pattern of impunity or collusion in violence by non-state actors against the non-religious<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-469\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Systemic religious privilege results in significant social discrimination<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/barbados\/\">Barbados<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/belarus\/\">Belarus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-2\/\">Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/central-african-republic\/\">Central African Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/chad\/\">Chad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/djibouti\/\">Djibouti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/eswatini\/\">Eswatini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/latvia\/\">Latvia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/samoa\/\">Samoa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/syria\/\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-470\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Some religious courts rule in civil or family matters on a coercive or discriminatory basis<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-471\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">\u2018Apostasy\u2019 or conversion from a specific religion is outlawed and punishable by death<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-472\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">\u2018Apostasy\u2019 is outlawed and punishable with a prison sentence<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-473\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Blasphemy or criticism of religion is restricted in law and is punishable by a fine<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/australia\/\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/austria\/\">Austria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/barbados\/\">Barbados<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/cambodia\/\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kyrgyzstan\/\">Kyrgyzstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/moldova\/\">Moldova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/montenegro\/\">Montenegro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/portugal\/\">Portugal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-lucia\/\">Saint Lucia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/south-africa\/\">South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/switzerland\/\">Switzerland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/taiwan\/\">Taiwan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/trinidad-and-tobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/turkmenistan\/\">Turkmenistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-474\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Concerns that secular or religious authorities interfere in specifically religious freedoms<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/angola\/\">Angola<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/azerbaijan\/\">Azerbaijan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/burundi\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/china\/\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/ethiopia\/\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kyrgyzstan\/\">Kyrgyzstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/laos\/\">Laos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/north-korea\/\">North Korea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tonga\/\">Tonga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/turkmenistan\/\">Turkmenistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tuvalu\/\">Tuvalu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/viet-nam\/\">Viet Nam<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-475\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">State legislation is largely or entirely derived from religious law or by religious authorities<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/syria\/\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-476\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">There is an established church or state religion<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/belarus\/\">Belarus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/cambodia\/\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/costa-rica\/\">Costa Rica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/djibouti\/\">Djibouti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominican-republic\/\">Dominican Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/iceland\/\">Iceland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/liechtenstein\/\">Liechtenstein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/monaco\/\">Monaco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tuvalu\/\">Tuvalu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-477\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Anomalous discrimination by local or provincial authorities, or overseas territories<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominica\/\">Dominica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/ethiopia\/\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/france\/\">France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/micronesia\/\">Micronesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/mongolia\/\">Mongolia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/niger\/\">Niger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/switzerland\/\">Switzerland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tonga\/\">Tonga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tuvalu\/\">Tuvalu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/uruguay\/\">Uruguay<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-478\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Religious or ideological instruction is mandatory in at least some public schools (without secular or humanist alternatives)<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/armenia\/\">Armenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/belize\/\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/cambodia\/\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/chad\/\">Chad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/china\/\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominica\/\">Dominica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominican-republic\/\">Dominican Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/kosovo\/\">Kosovo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/lesotho\/\">Lesotho<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/nicaragua\/\">Nicaragua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/niger\/\">Niger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/samoa\/\">Samoa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/switzerland\/\">Switzerland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-479\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Government figures or state agencies openly marginalize, harass, or incite hatred or violence against the non-religious<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-480\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Government authorities push a socially conservative, religiously or ideologically inspired agenda, without regard to the rights of those with progressive views<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/burundi\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/china\/\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-republic-of-the\/\">Congo, Republic of the<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/cuba\/\">Cuba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominican-republic\/\">Dominican Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/estonia\/\">Estonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kazakhstan\/\">Kazakhstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kyrgyzstan\/\">Kyrgyzstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/montenegro\/\">Montenegro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/nicaragua\/\">Nicaragua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/macedonia\/\">North Macedonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-lucia\/\">Saint Lucia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/seychelles\/\">Seychelles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/togo\/\">Togo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/trinidad-and-tobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/vanuatu\/\">Vanuatu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/viet-nam\/\">Viet Nam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-481\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Discriminatory prominence is given to religious bodies, traditions or leaders<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/andorra\/\">Andorra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/armenia\/\">Armenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/azerbaijan\/\">Azerbaijan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/bahamas\/\">Bahamas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/benin\/\">Benin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bhutan\/\">Bhutan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/bosnia-and-herzegovina-2\/\">Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/cambodia\/\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cape-verde\/\">Cape Verde<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/central-african-republic\/\">Central African Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/chad\/\">Chad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/chile\/\">Chile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/colombia\/\">Colombia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/costa-rica\/\">Costa Rica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/eswatini\/\">Eswatini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/ethiopia\/\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/gambia\/\">Gambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/grenada\/\">Grenada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/japan\/\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/kiribati\/\">Kiribati<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/liberia\/\">Liberia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/liechtenstein\/\">Liechtenstein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/lithuania\/\">Lithuania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mali\/\">Mali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/mauritius\/\">Mauritius<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/micronesia\/\">Micronesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/moldova\/\">Moldova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/samoa\/\">Samoa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/serbia\/\">Serbia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/sierra-leone\/\">Sierra Leone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/solomon-islands\/\">Solomon Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/timor-leste-east-timor\/\">Timor-Leste (East Timor)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tonga\/\">Tonga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tuvalu\/\">Tuvalu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/uganda\/\">Uganda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-482\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">\u2018Blasphemy\u2019 or criticism of religion is outlawed and punishable by death<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-483\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">\u2018Blasphemy\u2019 is outlawed or criticism of religion (including de facto \u2018blasphemy\u2019 laws) is restricted and punishable with a prison sentence<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/andorra\/\">Andorra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/antigua-and-barbuda\/\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cape-verde\/\">Cape Verde<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/cyprus\/\">Cyprus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/el-salvador\/\">El Salvador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/ethiopia\/\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/gambia\/\">Gambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/grenada\/\">Grenada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/guyana\/\">Guyana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kazakhstan\/\">Kazakhstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/kiribati\/\">Kiribati<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mali\/\">Mali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines\/\">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/san-marino\/\">San Marino<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/sao-tome-and-principe\/\">S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/seychelles\/\">Seychelles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/singapore\/\">Singapore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/solomon-islands\/\">Solomon Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/suriname\/\">Suriname<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/trinidad-and-tobago\/\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/uruguay\/\">Uruguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/vanuatu\/\">Vanuatu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-484\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Quasi-divine veneration of a ruling elite is enforced, or a single-party regime holds uncontested power, subject to severe punishment<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/china\/\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/cuba\/\">Cuba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/north-korea\/\">North Korea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/viet-nam\/\">Viet Nam<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-485\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Legal or constitutional provisions exclude non-religious views from freedom of religion or belief<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/burundi\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/tonga\/\">Tonga<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-486\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">It is illegal to register an explicitly Humanist, atheist, secularist or other non-religious NGO or other human rights organization, or such groups are persecuted by authorities<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/burundi\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/china\/\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/north-korea\/\">North Korea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-487\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Prohibitive interreligious social control (including interreligious marriage bans)<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/djibouti\/\">Djibouti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/syria\/\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-488\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Religious groups control some public or social services<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/central-african-republic\/\">Central African Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/chad\/\">Chad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-micronesia\/marshall-islands\/\">Marshall Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/solomon-islands\/\">Solomon Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/switzerland\/\">Switzerland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-489\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">It is illegal to advocate secularism or church-state separation, or such advocacy is suppressed<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-490\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">The non-religious are barred from holding government office<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-491\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">There is a religious tax or tithing which is compulsory, or which is state-administered and discriminates by precluding non-religious groups<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/austria\/\">Austria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/rwanda\/\">Rwanda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-polynesia\/samoa\/\">Samoa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/sweden\/\">Sweden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/switzerland\/\">Switzerland<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-492\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Religious control over family law or legislation on moral matters<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/bahrain\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/belize\/\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/burundi\/\">Burundi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/djibouti\/\">Djibouti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/kuwait\/\">Kuwait<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/libya\/\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/syria\/\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/tanzania\/\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-493\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">It is illegal or unrecognised to identify as an atheist or as non-religious<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/indonesia\/\">Indonesia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-1270\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">Some concerns about children&#039;s right to specifically freedom of religion or belief<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                <p>This condition may apply if specifically religious education, religious materials, or specific religious denominations are so tightly controlled that\u00a0children are in fact over-protected from exposure to religion and are likely unable to\u00a0explore or construct their own worldview in accordance with their evolving capacities. This condition helps us to classify states (perhaps with secular constitutions) which have criminalized specifically religious beliefs or practices.\u00a0This condition is not applied if the restricted beliefs or practices\u00a0are found to be outlawed due to\u00a0their being of an extremist variety. While\u00a0this condition does not directly reflect discrimination against non-religious persons or non-religious ideas, it does represent an overall threat to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief;\u00a0such restrictions could spill over to affect non-religious beliefs later; and they pose a risk of backlash against over-zealous secular authorities or even against non-religious individuals by association.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/china\/\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/\">Congo, Democratic Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/cuba\/\">Cuba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/ethiopia\/\">Ethiopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/guyana\/\">Guyana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/kazakhstan\/\">Kazakhstan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/laos\/\">Laos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/madagascar\/\">Madagascar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/malawi\/\">Malawi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mali\/\">Mali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/mexico\/\">Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/macedonia\/\">North Macedonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/togo\/\">Togo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/turkmenistan\/\">Turkmenistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/uzbekistan\/\">Uzbekistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/viet-nam\/\">Viet Nam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-494\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">State-funding of religious institutions or salaries, or discriminatory tax exemptions<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/andorra\/\">Andorra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/armenia\/\">Armenia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/australia\/\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/austria\/\">Austria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/azerbaijan\/\">Azerbaijan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bhutan\/\">Bhutan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/brunei-darussalam\/\">Brunei Darussalam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/burkina-faso\/\">Burkina Faso<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/cambodia\/\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/canada\/\">Canada<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cape-verde\/\">Cape Verde<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/chad\/\">Chad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/\">Congo, Democratic Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-republic-of-the\/\">Congo, Republic of the<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/costa-rica\/\">Costa Rica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/cote-divoire\/\">C\u00f4te d&#039;Ivoire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/croatia\/\">Croatia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/cyprus\/\">Cyprus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/czech-republic\/\">Czech Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/denmark\/\">Denmark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/dominican-republic\/\">Dominican Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/el-salvador\/\">El Salvador<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/equatorial-guinea\/\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/estonia\/\">Estonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/eswatini\/\">Eswatini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/finland\/\">Finland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/greece\/\">Greece<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/guinea\/\">Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/honduras\/\">Honduras<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/iceland\/\">Iceland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/ireland\/\">Ireland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-caribbean\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-eastern-asia\/korea-republic-of\/\">Korea, Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/latvia\/\">Latvia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/liechtenstein\/\">Liechtenstein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/lithuania\/\">Lithuania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/luxembourg\/\">Luxembourg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/maldives\/\">Maldives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/malta\/\">Malta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/mauritius\/\">Mauritius<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/montenegro\/\">Montenegro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/myanmar-burma\/\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-southern-africa\/namibia\/\">Namibia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/nepal\/\">Nepal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-australia-and-new-zealand\/new-zealand\/\">New Zealand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-central-america\/nicaragua\/\">Nicaragua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/macedonia\/\">North Macedonia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/norway\/\">Norway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/oman\/\">Oman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/papua-new-guinea\/\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/peru\/\">Peru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/romania\/\">Romania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/senegal\/\">Senegal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/serbia\/\">Serbia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/slovakia\/\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-southern-europe\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/suriname\/\">Suriname<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-western-europe\/switzerland\/\">Switzerland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/thailand\/\">Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/timor-leste-east-timor\/\">Timor-Leste (East Timor)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/togo\/\">Togo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/turkmenistan\/\">Turkmenistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-northern-europe\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-northern-america\/united-states-of-america\/\">United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/uruguay\/\">Uruguay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/oceania-melanesia\/vanuatu\/\">Vanuatu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/americas-southern-america\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/yemen\/\">Yemen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div id=\"fot-report-description-495\">\n            <strong class=\"fot-hide-mobile\">It is made difficult to register or operate an explicitly Humanist, atheist, secularist or other non-religious NGO or other human rights organization<\/strong>\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"fot-countries\">\n                    <p>Countries:                                         <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/algeria\/\">Algeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/azerbaijan\/\">Azerbaijan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/europe-eastern-europe\/belarus\/\">Belarus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/comoros\/\">Comoros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-middle-africa\/congo-democratic-republic-of\/\">Congo, Democratic Republic of<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/eritrea\/\">Eritrea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-south-eastern-asia\/malaysia\/\">Malaysia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/mauritania\/\">Mauritania<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/nigeria\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-southern-asia\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-western-africa\/senegal\/\">Senegal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-eastern-africa\/somalia\/\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/tajikistan\/\">Tajikistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/africa-northern-africa\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-western-asia\/united-arab-emirates\/\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/countries\/asia-central-asia\/uzbekistan\/\">Uzbekistan<\/a>                                        <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"fot-report fot-report-legend\">\n    <div class=\"fot-more-info-toggle\">\n        <a>Legend<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fot-more-info-box\">\n        <div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n        <table style=\"width: 0;float: right;\">\n            <tbody>\n                                                                            <tr>\n                    <td style=\"color: #000000;background-color: #f4b272;white-space: nowrap\">Systemic Discrimination<\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                                                            <tr>\n                    <td style=\"color: #000000;background-color: #b6d8ab;white-space: nowrap\">Free and Equal<\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                                            <tr>\n                    <td style=\"color: #565656;background-color: #adadad;white-space: nowrap\">No Rating<\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                        <\/tbody>\n        <\/table>\n        <div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"fot-more-info\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/ratings-system\/\">More information about rating table<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Constitution_and_government\"><\/span>Constitution and government<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The constitution and other laws and policies protect freedom of religion or belief, freedom of expression, and freedom of assembly and association. These rights are generally respected in practice.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of South Africa\u2019s bill of rights states that the government may not discriminate directly or indirectly against any individual based on religion; in addition, no one may deny members of a religious group either the right to practice their religion, or to form, join, and maintain religious associations with other members of that group.<\/p>\n<p>The law prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion and cases of discrimination against persons on the grounds of religious freedom may be taken to the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Education_and_childrens_rights\"><\/span>Education and children\u2019s rights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The government allows, but does not require, religious education in public schools and prohibits advocating the tenets of a particular religion in public schools.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2017, the South African court ruled that public education systems cannot promote any one religion to the exclusion of others. The Organization for Religious Education and Democracy (OGOD) had argued that it was in the interest of South Africa\u2019s democracy that public schools not be allowed to favour a specific\u00a0religion, and had asked the court to declare unconstitutional the religion policy of six public schools, accusing them of favouring Christianity over other religions.<br \/>\n&lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/religionnews.com\/2017\/06\/28\/south-african-court-bars-schools-from-promoting-any-one-religion\/\">religionnews.com\/2017\/06\/28\/south-african-court-bars-schools-from-promoting-any-one-religion\/<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p>As of October 2017, South Africa has removed the right of \u2018reasonable chastisement\u2019 of a child \u2019 as a valid defence for charges of assault against a minor following a ruling in the Johannesburg High Court which was seen to overrule religious beliefs relating to a parent&#8217;s right to discipline their child. The law change gives the state the ability to investigate child abuse cases where religious belief was used to protect parents who would, if they gave the same treatment to an adult, would be liable for conviction on the grounds of assault.<br \/>\n&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/article\/2017-10-19-high-court-strikes-down-corporal-punishment-defence-for-parents\">mg.co.za\/article\/2017-10-19-high-court-strikes-down-corporal-punishment-defence-for-parents<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Family_community_and_society\"><\/span>Family, community and society<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Witchcraft Suppression Act of 1957 criminalizes activities relating to witchcraft and witch-hunting including both claiming a knowledge of witchcraft, and accusing others of practicing witchcraft. In 2007 the South African Pagan Rights Alliance and the Traditional Healers Organisation submitted requests to the South African Law Reform Commission for an investigation into the constitutionality of the act. In 2010 a South African Law Reform Commission project was approved by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development in order to review witchcraft legislation. Older women in communities holding traditional beliefs are most vulnerable to persecution, along with children who are vulnerable to murder through some witchcraft practices, and related abuses.<\/p>\n<p>The 2006 Civil Union Act introduced\u00a0an openly secular avenue for couples to legally marry in South Africa.\u00a0It allows marriage by government officials or secular marriage officers. However, the vast majority of all registered officers are affiliated with religious organizations and not all of them are willing to marry same-sex couples or offer non-religious ceremonies.<br \/>\n&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/secularsociety.co.za\/press-releases\/marriage-officers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">secularsociety.co.za\/press-releases\/marriage-officers\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Freedom_of_expression_advocacy_of_humanist_values\"><\/span>Freedom of expression, advocacy of humanist values<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Freedoms of expression and the press are protected in the constitution and generally respected in practice. However, the government under president Jacob Zuma had been increasingly hostile to media criticism. Most South Africans receive the news via radio outlets, a majority of which are controlled by the state-run broadcaster South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The SABC also dominates the television market. The ANC government has been\u00a0highly sensitive to media criticism and encroached on the editorial independence of the SABC. In addition, government officials have used gag orders to block reporting on alleged corruption, and journalists are occasionally subject to harassment and legal action.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Blasphemy_law\"><\/span>&#8216;Blasphemy&#8217; law<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;Blasphemy&#8217;, defined as &#8220;unlawfully, intentionally and publicly acting contemptuously towards God&#8221; is a common law criminal offence in South Africa. Some sources suggest that the more recent constitution has made the &#8216;blasphemy&#8217; law unenforceable, due to its protections on freedom of expression, and also on anti-discrimination grounds as the old offence only applied to &#8216;blasphemy&#8217; against Christianity. However, this has not been tested in law.<\/p>\n<p>Convictions have been rare for many decades and the last conviction we can record was in 1968. This was against the editor of Varsity for coverage of an event which discussed the topic &#8220;Is God Dead?&#8221;,\u00a0quoting participants as saying\u00a0&#8220;We must write God off entirely&#8221; and &#8220;[God] is beginning to stink&#8221;. The editor was convicted, but received only a caution.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the criminal law, the civil law Equality Act (2000) forbids hate speech defined as &#8220;words&#8221; based on various grounds including religious grounds &#8220;against any person&#8221;, with intent to be, among other things, &#8220;hurtful&#8221; .\u00a0The terms &#8220;words&#8221; and &#8220;hurtful&#8221; seem to suggest that a very broad range of speech about religion could in principle fall foul of the act, though the framing as hate speech and qualification that such speech\u00a0targets a person may narrow the law down to properly a hate speech law. Indeed, it\u00a0does not in appear that in practice the Equality Act has been used as a de facto &#8216;blasphemy&#8217; law.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prevention_and_Combating_of_Hate_Crimes\"><\/span><b>Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As of 2018, under the proposed Hate Speech Bill, hate speech\u00a0is defined as &#8220;a clear intention to be harmful or to incite harm, or promote or propagate hatred on the basis of characteristics such as race, religion, age, nationality etc&#8221;. The bill outlaws hate speech on the basis of &#8220;religion&#8221; and &#8220;political affiliation&#8221;, but not non-religious belief or worldviews.<\/p>\n<p>Some civil society groups are concerned that petty insults or satire could lead to\u00a0convictions under the proposed law.<br \/>\n&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.synapses.co.za\/hate-speech-legal-overreach-south-africa\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">synapses.co.za\/hate-speech-legal-overreach-south-africa\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;<br \/>\n<\/span>&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2017\/02\/21\/south-african-move-hate-speech-step-too-far\">hrw.org\/news\/2017\/02\/21\/south-african-move-hate-speech-step-too-far<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p>The Bill received backlash from many Christian groups who saw it as a threat to freedom of religion and feared it would criminalize religious texts, especially those denouncing homosexuality.<br \/>\n&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2018-06-07-mps-question-whether-hate-speech-bill-is-needed\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2018-06-07-mps-question-whether-hate-speech-bill-is-needed\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, the text of the bill tabled in parliament as of April 2018 excludes expression performed in good faith, such as proselytizing or espousing any religious tenet, belief, teaching or writing, to the extent that such interpretation and proselytization does not advocate hatred that constitutes incitement to cause &#8220;harm&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","fot_regions":[7],"class_list":["post-657","fot_countries","type-fot_countries","status-publish","hentry","fot_regions-africa-southern-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fot_countries\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fot_countries"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fot_countries"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fot_regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fot.humanists.international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fot_regions?post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}