region, part of Germany at the time), Sweden in 1970, Norway with Acts in 2009 and 2015, the Netherlands in 2014, Iceland in 2015, Malta in 2016, France for its Alsace-Moselle region in 2016, Denmark in 2017, Canada in 2018, New Zealand and Greece in 2019, Ireland in 2020, and Scotland in 2021. Australia abolished and repealed all blasphemy laws at the Federal Level in 1995 but blasphemy laws remain in some States and Territories. On 26 October 2018, a referendum in the Republic of Ireland resulted in the removal of the Constitutional provision and the 2009 Defamation Act provision against blasphemy, which was implemented in January 2020. See also Freedom of speech Backlash against anti–blasphemy laws Defamation of religion and the United Nations International Blasphemy Day Islam and blasphemy References Further reading External links Landmarks in blasphemy Thomas Hammarberg, CoE Commissioner for Human Rights: Do not criminalize critical remarks against religions, 2007 End Blasphemy Laws Blasphemy in New Zealand Crimes in religion Freedom of expression Censorship