After the Islamic Revolution ended in Iran in 1979, music was criminalized in Iran.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/muslim-students-public-school-wrdsb-1.6785971?cmp=rss

Except for a very restrictive and cumbersome medical marijuana statute, the State of Georgia has criminalized marijuana possession for any other purposes.

Source: https://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00207101.html

Homosexuality is criminalized in Tunisia and punishable by a prison sentence of between one and three years.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/29/kamala-harris-africa-ghana-tanzania-zambia-visit-us-china/

“How many students are at risk of having their medical privacy violated, and then being criminalized because of that?”

Source: https://time.com/6289609/vanderbilt-transgender-records-patients-backlash/

In a region where irregular migrants have repeatedly been criminalized, this accord will not only reduce barriers to migration but also increase trade, offering a much-needed economic boost to each country and their people.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/botswana-namibia-accord-on-free-movement-between-countries-a-step-in-the-right-direction/

In the late 1600s Massachusetts criminalized cross-dressing.

Source: https://www.fcnp.com/2023/11/16/the-lgbtq-reach-november-16-22-2023/

“It’s incredible to be on the front lines of something that has the potential to change our relationship with drugs that should never have been criminalized in the first place,” he said.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/health/psychedelic-drugs-mushrooms-oregon.html

Same-sex relationships are criminalized in majority-Muslim Malaysia, and those found guilty of same-sex intimacy can be punished with caning under Sharia law for Muslims, or prison sentences of up to 20 years under colonial-era anti-sodomy laws.

Source: https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/05/malaysia-raids-swatch-stores-confiscating-pride-themed-watches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malaysia-raids-swatch-stores-confiscating-pride-themed-watches

The act criminalized the dilation and extraction abortion method, the first time a specific technique was banned.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/national/abortion-foes-2024-gop-hopefuls-must-back-federal-limits/article_8cd36268-7764-51c2-ac15-a73195ac47e5.html

The investigation gradually reveals a corps of Black soldiers deeply impacted by self-loathing and colorism — the inevitable impact of living in a culture where dark skin has been vilified, criminalized and dehumanized since the very birth of the nation.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/3/31/23660287/norm-lewis-a-soldiers-play-chicago

"The keffiyeh was being criminalized and people were asked to take it off," he said.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/palestinian-keffiyeh-scarves---a-controversial-symbol-of-solidarity/article_2da2e6de-0ef1-51e2-8aaa-6c3b28adffe6.html

The Kremlin’s sweeping campaign of repression has criminalized criticism of the war.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russia-orders-arrest-prominent-producer-director-criticized-ukraine-99384770

The purpose of the Safe Harbor law was to ensure that trafficked kids are treated as victims, not criminalized and detained.

Source: https://crosscut.com/politics/2023/10/wa-lawmaker-moves-fix-system-child-sex-trafficking-victims

These tragedies against Black disabled people continue throughout America, where disability is criminalized.

Source: https://newsone.com/4594232/jordan-neely-young-black-disabled-lives/

The sex workers, including women and men from 20 different countries who live in France, alleged violations of their rights under Articles 2, 3 and 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights, as aspects of sex work are criminalized in France.

Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/impact/2023/12/celebrating-the-human-rights-wins-of-2023/