First, in February 1997, after she allegedly insulted the late Pamela Harriman (U.S. Ambassador to France), as the network was covering her memorial service.

On 14 September 2005, police had arrested opposition leader Gwanda Chakuamba for violating this law at a political rally where he allegedly insulted President Bingu wa Mutharika.

Bhutto demanded a retrial, accusing the Chief Justice of bias, after Mushtaq allegedly insulted Bhutto's home province.

While doing his display, he allegedly insulted Grimshaw and made insinuations about her sexuality.

Saudi Arabia expelled the Taliban envoy in protest over the refusal to turn over bin Laden, and after Mullah Omar allegedly insulted the Saudi royal family.

In 1973, Daud Haider published a poem in which he allegedly insults Prophet Mohammed, Jesus Christ, and Gautama Buddha.

In March 2004 she demanded a public apology from Bandić for having allegedly insulted her mother in a "vulgar and very primitive" way.

A commuter in Zimbabwe who allegedly insulted President Robert Mugabe could face up to five years in prison for undermining the president's authority.

In the autumn of 1864, a settler named Matt Craft shot and killed a young man named Crow after Crow allegedly insulted Craft's wife at the tent the couple lived in.

He then showed a copy of the controversial cartoon, which allegedly insulted the constitution drafting committee of India Chairman Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.