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| text = <span style="font-size:120%">'''Legal disclaimer'''</span><br><span class="restriction-communist">'''This image is or contains a symbol or symbols [[w:en:Bans on Communist symbols|prohibited]] by law in the nations mentioned below''', due to (variously) representations of [[:category:communism|communism]], [[:category:socialism|socialism]], or similar governmental structures; or of [[:category:political parties|parties]]/organizations associated with said:
* [[Україна|Ukraine]]'s [[w:Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada]]
* [[საქართველო|Georgia]]'s [[w:en:Parliament of Georgia|parliament]]
* [[Deutschland|Germany]]'s [http://bundesrecht.juris.de/stgb/__86a.html Criminal Code §86a], referring to the "use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations" outside the contexts of "art or science, research or teaching"
* [[Latvia]]'s [[w:Saeima|Saeima]]
* [[Lietuva|Lithuania]]'s [[w:en:Constitutional Court of Lithuania|Constitutional Court]] passed Article 188<sup>18</sup> of the Code of Administrative Offences
* [[Indonesia]]

Bans '''no longer in effect''' include:
* [[Magyarország|Hungary]]: Hungarian Criminal Code 269/B.§ 1993
* [[Moldova]]: LPC192/2012<sup>[http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=344744&lang=1 ro],[http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=344744&lang=2 ru]</sup>
* [[Polska|Poland]]: [http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU19970880553 Art. 256 of the Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553] of the criminal code has removed references to imagery and now only covers promotion of communist ideas
* [[United States]]: had state and city laws; Supreme Court declared these unconstitutional in [[Stromberg v. California]], [[List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 283|283]] U.S. 359 (1931)

Imagery covered may include the [[hammer and sickle]]<sup>[[w:en:Hammer and sickle#Legal_status|en]]</sup>, [[red star]], emblems/insignias, [[flags]] or images of leaders.</span>
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