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Malaysia's communications ministry said it took an "unwavering stance against any parties that challenge, ridicule or contravene Malaysian laws".

But a recent State Department report says provisions in Cuba’s penal and administrative codes “contravene these protections.”

The Scottish scheme was due to have started by now, but ministers north of the border were warned their plans could contravene the UK Internal Market Act.

Tehran's police chief said on Saturday the new initiative would "confront social taboo-breaking over hijab and chastity and those who seek to expressly contravene hijab rules" - a reference to the many women and girls who have defiantly stopped covering their hair in public.

“Even as the president was attacking science, they needed to pay attention to facts that might contravene their views because their lives and those of their children were literally at stake.”