Editing Defamation (section)

===Summary table===
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|+ Criminal defamation laws by country{{sfn |OSCE Report |2017 |pp=31{{ndash}}33}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024}}
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! Country
! General offences
! Special offences
! Custodial sentences
|- 
| {{ALB}} || Yes || No || No
|-
| {{AND}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{ARM}} || No || Unclear || Unclear
|-
| {{AUT}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{AZE}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{BLR}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{BEL}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{BIH}} || No || No || No
|-
| {{BGR}} || Yes || Yes || No
|-
| {{CAN}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{HRV}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{CYP}} || No || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{CZE}} || Yes || No || Yes
|-
| {{DEN}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{EST}} || No || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{FIN}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{FRA}} || Yes || Yes || No
|-
| {{GEO}} || No || Unclear || Unclear
|-
| {{GER}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{GRE}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{HUN}} || Yes || No || Yes
|-
| {{ISL}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{IND}}<ref name="India Penal Code"/> || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{IRL}}<ref name="Ireland Defamation Act 2009"/> || No || No || No
|-
| {{ITA}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{JAP}}<ref name="Japan Penal Code"/> || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{KAZ}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{KGZ}} || No || No || No
|-
| {{LVA}} || Yes || No || Yes
|-
| {{LIE}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{LTU}} || Yes || No || Yes
|-
| {{LUX}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{MLT}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{MDA}} || No || No || No
|-
| {{MCO}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{MNG}} || Yes || Yes || No
|-
| {{MNE}} || No || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{NLD}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{NMK}} || No || Yes || No
|-
| {{NOR}} || No || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{PHL}}<ref name="Philippines Penal Code"/> || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{POL}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{POR}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{ROM}} || No || No || No
|-
| {{RUS}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{SMR}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{SRB}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{SVK}} || Yes || No || Yes
|-
| {{SVN}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{ESP}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{SWE}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{SWI}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{TWN}}<ref name="Taiwan Penal Code"/> || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{TJK}} || No || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{TUR}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{TKM}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{UKR}} || No || No || No
|-
| {{UK}} || No || Yes || No
|-
| {{USA}} || Unclear || No || No
|-
| {{UZB}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| {{VAT}} || Yes || Yes || Yes
|}